empire : Idioms & Phrases

• (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.

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• noun a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
  
  • the sun never sets on the British Empire

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• noun a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
  Byzantine Empire; Byzantium.
  

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• the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from A.D. 364 or A.D. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, A.D. 1453.

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• China; so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven. S. W. Williams.

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• noun a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
  Byzantine Empire; Byzantium.
  

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• noun an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
  Egypt.
  

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• a common designation of the city of New York.

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• noun British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
  May 24; Commonwealth Day.
  

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• noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
  New York; NY; New York State.
  

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• a common designation of the State of New York.

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• noun a skyscraper built in New York City in 1931; 1250 feet tall
  

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• noun a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
  Georgia; GA; Peach State.
  

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• noun the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919)
  Second Reich.
  

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• noun a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in 962 and lasted until 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon
  

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• noun an empire established by the Mogul conquerors of India that reigned from 1526 to 1857
  

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• noun a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
  Ottoman Empire.
  

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• noun an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
  Persia.
  

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• noun a conglomerate of publishing companies
  publishing conglomerate.
  

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• noun an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome
  

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• noun the imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870
  

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• noun a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
  Ottoman Empire.
  

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• noun the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476
  Western Empire.
  

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• (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.

Webster 1913

• noun the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476
  Western Empire.
  

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