empery
[ em-puh-ree ]
/ ˈɛm pə ri /
noun, plural em·per·ies.
absolute dominion; sovereignty.
Words nearby empery
Example sentences from the Web for empery
That was in the day of his lust for power and life, when her empery seemed equal in degree to his.
The Prisoner |Alice BrownA lady So fair, and fastened to an empery, Would make the great'st king double.
They seemed to be saying, defiantly perhaps, that they could cry if they would, but they had other modes of empery.
The Prisoner |Alice BrownSo also is there a peculiar happiness in the use of "empery."
Oscar Wilde |Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
British Dictionary definitions for empery
empery
/ (ˈɛmpərɪ) /
noun plural -peries
archaic
dominion or power; empire
Word Origin for empery
C13 (in the sense: the status of an emperor): from Anglo-French
emperie, from Latin
imperium power; see
empire