Monarchy vs. Empire

Monarchynoun

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monarchynoun

A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.

Monarchynoun

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

Monarchynoun

A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monarchynoun

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative, and judicial.

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.