empery

[ em-puh-ree ]

/ ˈɛm pə ri /

noun, plural em·per·ies.

absolute dominion; sovereignty.

Origin of empery

1250–1300; Middle English emperie<Anglo-French <Latin imperium mastery, sovereignty, empire, equivalent to imper(āre) to rule (see emperor) + -ium-ium

Words nearby empery

emperipolesis, emperor, emperor butterfly, emperor moth, emperor penguin, empery, emphasis, emphasize, emphatic, emphatically, emphysema

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Example sentences from the Web for empery

That was in the day of his lust for power and life, when her empery seemed equal in degree to his.
The Prisoner|Alice Brown
A lady So fair, and fastened to an empery, Would make the great'st king double.
Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others|Various
They seemed to be saying, defiantly perhaps, that they could cry if they would, but they had other modes of empery.
The Prisoner|Alice Brown
So also is there a peculiar happiness in the use of "empery."
Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

British Dictionary definitions for empery

empery

/ (ˈɛmpərɪ) /

noun plural -peries

archaic dominion or power; empire

Word Origin for empery

C13 (in the sense: the status of an emperor): from Anglo-French emperie, from Latin imperium power; see empire

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单词	empery
释义	empery [ em-puh-ree ] / ˈɛm pə ri / noun, plural em·per·ies. absolute dominion; sovereignty. Origin of empery 1250–1300; Middle English emperie<Anglo-French <Latin imperium mastery, sovereignty, empire, equivalent to imper(āre) to rule (see emperor) + -ium-ium Words nearby empery emperipolesis, emperor, emperor butterfly, emperor moth, emperor penguin, empery, emphasis, emphasize, emphatic, emphatically, emphysema Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for empery That was in the day of his lust for power and life, when her empery seemed equal in degree to his. The Prisoner\|Alice Brown A lady So fair, and fastened to an empery, Would make the great'st king double. Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others\|Various They seemed to be saying, defiantly perhaps, that they could cry if they would, but they had other modes of empery. The Prisoner\|Alice Brown So also is there a peculiar happiness in the use of "empery." Oscar Wilde\|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby British Dictionary definitions for empery empery / (ˈɛmpərɪ) / noun plural -peries archaic dominion or power; empire Word Origin for empery C13 (in the sense: the status of an emperor): from Anglo-French emperie, from Latin imperium power; see empire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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