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emperyn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: French emperie ; empire n. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman (rare) emperie, Anglo-Norman and Old French (rare) empirie empire (c1050), dominion, sovereignty (first half of the 12th cent.), office or dignity of emperor (first third of the 13th cent. or earlier; < classical Latin imperium empire n.; compare -y suffix4), and partly (in later use) (ii) an alteration of empire n. after words in -y suffix4 (compare classical Latin imperium imperium n., and also impery n.). Compare Spanish †emperio (a1250), Portuguese †emperio , †empeiro (both 13th cent.), variants of Spanish imperio and Portuguese império empire n. respectively.With the α. forms compare α. forms at emperor n. and β. forms at empire n. and adj. With the γ. forms perhaps compare -ory suffix1. Now archaic and poetic. 1. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > position or dignity of c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 1897 He þer uorþe com, & wende toward rome to winnie þe aumperie [c1425 Harl. emperie]. a1400 (Laud) (1932) l. 5 (MED) Herodes vnder his [sc. Caesar's] emperie. c1425 Serm. (BL Add.) in G. Cigman (1989) 54 First ‘August’, þat is: echinge, for he echede in his tyme moost þe emperrie of Rome. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) I. 11/2 The excellencie of the Romaine Empery did aduaunce the popedom of the Romaine bishop aboue other churches. 1594 W. Shakespeare i. i. 201 Titus thou shalt obtaine & aske the Emperie . View more context for this quotation 1615 G. Sandys i. 16 Through the bountie of the soile he acquired much riches: and by his iustice and humanitie, the emperie of the neighbouring Ilands. ?1776 34/2 The emperors and senate of blind ignorance, not knowing the manner of Christ's kingdom, feared and misdoubted lest the same would subvert their empery. 1856 107 150 His fourth and fifth volumes comprise the History of the Romans under the empery, or principate, of Augustus. 1890 J. Payne tr. M. Bandello VI. iv. xiii. 297 Cassano, son of Argone Cane, Emperor of the Tartars, succeeded his father in the empery and was much loved and obeyed of his people. 1920 E. Pound tr. A. Daniel in vii. 312 No empery, though Rome and Palestine were one compact, would lure me from her. society > authority > [noun] > absolute authority 1529 J. Frith f. lxxxiiijv For in Peter he will that he hath receaved the right & authorite of the erthly and hevenly emperye. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Matt. i. f. 21 Ryches, honoure and emperye. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 226 Ruling in large and ample Emperie, Ore France. View more context for this quotation 1630 M. Drayton Moses iii, in 163 The onely God of Emperie and might. a1631 J. Donne (1633) sig. B4 All victories & emperies gayned by warre. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor (1719) 138 Sets us free From the ungodly Empirie Of Sin. 1703 L. Spooner 18 An Indian Weed [sc. tobacco]..raised now so high, That it doth claim a kind of Empery O'er all the Christian World. 1813 W. Scott iii. xxv. 169 Coined badge of empery it [sc. the gold] bare. 1831 J. Wilson vi. 291 Every Passion in its empery Doth laugh Remorse to scorn. 1882 G. Macdonald in 154 A wider love of empery. 1948 M. Irwin iii. 46 He had by then won entire empery over King Edward. 1999 S. Heaney tr. (2000) Introd. p. xviii Even as he [sc. the dragon] begins to stir, the reader has a premonition that the days of his empery are numbered. †2. society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. vi. l. 1363 Þilke dignitee þat men clepiþ þe emperie of consulers [L. consulare imperium]. society > authority > rule or government > [noun] > legitimate 1611 J. Speed ix. vi. 458/1 To introduce that free Empery. 1643 W. Bridge §1. 10 If a Prince should..change the form of the Common-weale from Empery to Tyranny. society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in (1889) 82 379 (MED) Ic wilde al þis emperie þorw strengþe of kynȝtchipe. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 122 (MED) Than were wel gouernette Emperies and kyngdomes Whan kynges wer Phylosofors. 1550 J. Coke sig. Cviij Constantyne..conquered the whole Empery. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero 101 Neuer was there any nation vpon the face of the earth, that eniayed a larger emperie then they doe. 1612 J. Speed i. xxx. 57/1 Alfred, or before him, Offa shared the open circuit of their Emperie into Principalities. 1700 J. Fletcher & J. Vanbrugh (rev. ed.) iii. 24 No devouring Fish come nigh, Nor Monster in my Empery Once shew his Head, or terrour bring, But let the weary Sailor sing, Amphitrite. 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in 29 A want Of something more, more than her empery Of joys. 1833 H. Coleridge I. 62 'Tis all thy own, 'tis all thy empery. 1880 W. Watson (1892) 41 By that sign thou mays't know thyself at last to be Within the borders of his empery. 1920 E. Sitwell 94 Whose painted laughter cracks the gilded sky of this flat empery. 2007 D. H. Quade i. 14 I am Vivian, defender of the Holy Roman Empire. I serve the empery and its subjects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † emperyv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: empery n. Etymology: < empery n. Compare earlier empire v. Obsolete. rare. society > authority > rule or government > rule or govern [verb (transitive)] c1503 R. Arnold f. lxv/1 Abdalazus Soldan of babilon. ye disposer of equite and of right emperor of the worlde..alsoo emp [e] ryng vpon ful many cristen lordis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021). <  n.c1325 v.c1503 |
