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realm

  [relm]
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–noun
1. a royal domain; kingdom: the realm of England.
2. the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates: the realm of dreams.
3. the special province or field of something or someone: the realm of physics; facts within the realm of political scientists.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME realme, reaume < OF reialme, deriv. of reial < L rēgālis regal

Synonyms:
1. See kingdom.
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realm   (rělm)   
n.  

  1. A community or territory over which a sovereign rules; a kingdom.

  2. A field, sphere, or province: the realm of science. See Synonyms at field.


[Middle English realme, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Old French reial, royal) of Latin regimen, government, from regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

realm 
c.1290, from O.Fr. reaume, probably from roiaume "kingdom," altered (by influence of L. regalis "regal") from Gallo-Romance *regiminem, accusative form of L. regimen "system of government, rule" (see regimen).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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