Kingdom vs. Empire

Kingdomnoun

A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

Kingdomnoun

A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.

Kingdomnoun

(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).

Kingdomnoun

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

Kingdomnoun

The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.

Kingdomnoun

An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification.

Kingdomnoun

a domain in which something is dominant;

Kingdomnoun

a country with a king as head of state

Kingdomnoun

the domain ruled by a king or queen

Kingdomnoun

a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

Kingdomnoun

one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

Kingdomnoun

a basic group of natural objects

Kingdomnoun

a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen

Kingdomnoun

a realm associated with or regarded as being under the control of a particular person or thing

Kingdomnoun

the spiritual reign or authority of God.

Kingdomnoun

the rule of God or Christ in a future age.

Kingdomnoun

heaven as the abode of God and of the faithful after death.

Kingdomnoun

each of the three traditional divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) in which natural objects have conventionally been classified.

Kingdomnoun

the highest category in taxonomic classification.

Empirenoun

A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

Empirenoun

A political unit that controls at least one kingdom under its vassalage.

Empirenoun

A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.

Empirenoun

A state ruled by an emperor.

Empirenoun

An expansive and wealthy corporation.

Empireadjective

alternative case form of Empire.

Empirenoun

Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.

Empirenoun

The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.

Empirenoun

Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.

Empirenoun

the domain ruled by an emperor or empress

Empirenoun

a group of countries under a single authority;

Empirenoun

a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

Empirenoun

a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

Empirenoun

an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

Empirenoun

an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state

Empirenoun

supreme political power over several countries when exercised by a single authority

Empirenoun

absolute control over a person or group.

Empirenoun

a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group

Empirenoun

an extensive sphere of activity controlled by one person or group

Empireadjective

denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable chiefly during the First Empire in France. The decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in Egyptian and other ancient motifs.

Empireadjective

denoting produce from the Commonwealth.

Empire

An empire is a sovereign state made up of several territories and peoples subject to a single ruling authority, often an emperor. A state can become an empire either by a narrow definition through having an emperor and being named as such, or by a broad definition as stated above as an aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities such as the Roman Empire.