empery

[ em-puh-ree ]

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

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How to use empery in a sentence

Romance survives, of course; but it has lost the undisputed empery of fiction 35 which it held in ancient and in medieval times.
A Manual of the Art of Fiction | Clayton Hamilton
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
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
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
Romance survives, of course; but it has lost the undisputed empery of fiction which it held in ancient and in medieval times.
Materials and Methods of Fiction | Clayton Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for empery

empery

/ (ˈɛmpərɪ) /

nounplural -peries

archaic dominion or power; empire

Origin of empery

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

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