empery
English
/ˈɛm.pə.ɹɪ/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
- (archaic) Absolute power or authority.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English emperie derived from Old French emperie derived from Latin imperium (empire, imperial government, command, power).
Origin
Latin
imperium
Gloss
empire, imperial government, command, power
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- imperium English
- imperialis Latin
- imperiosus Latin
- imperium Latin
- Imperium German
- impero Italian
- imperium Dutch, Flemish
- empire French
- импе́рия Russian
- империя Russian
- imperio Spanish, Castilian
- imperium Norwegian Bokmål
- imperium Swedish
- imperium Norwegian Nynorsk
- emperie Middle English
- imperial Middle English
- imperium Danish
- impérium Czech
- emperie Old French
- empire Old French
- imperiu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- impērija Latvian
- impere Old Irish
- emperio Old Portuguese
- emperi Occitan
- imperiu Asturian
- imperi Friulian
- mpiru Sicilian
- inpero Venetian
- ampério Mirandese
- emperi Old Catalan