empire

suomi-englanti sanakirja

empire englannista suomeksi

A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

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(quote-web)
A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
{{quote-book|en|date=2001-08-02|author=P. J. Marshall|title=The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521002547|page=105
{{quote-book|en|date=2021-04-13|author=Daniel Verdier|title=Democracy and International Trade: Britain, France, and the United States, 1860-1990|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691228181|page=139
An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
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{{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Martin Short|title=The Rise of the Mafia|publisher=Kings Road Publishing|isbn=9781843582236
(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
{{quote-text|en|year=1881|author=François Guizot|title=The History of Civilization from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution...|page=122
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(alternative case form of).
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influence, authority, dominion
(quote-book)|section=act 4, scene 7|text=Quelle injustice aux Dieux, d'abandonner au femmes / Un empire si grand sur les plus belles âmes |t=What injustice from the gods, to give up for women / Such great dominion over the most beautiful souls
(inflection of)
to fill (+preo)
to fill, to stuff (+preo)

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