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empire 1. an aggregate of peoples and territories, often of great extent, under the rule of a single person, oligarchy, or sovereign state 2. any monarchy that for reasons of history, prestige, etc., has an emperor rather than a king as head of state 3. the period during which a particular empire exists 4. supreme power; sovereignty 5. a large industrial organization with many ramifications, esp a multinational corporation
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Having decisively thrashed the great Russian Empire, Japan promptly set about dreaming a colossal dream of empire for herself. Considering the difficulties which men have had to hold to a newly acquired state, some might wonder how, seeing that Alexander the Great became the master of Asia in a few years, and died whilst it was scarcely settled (whence it might appear reasonable that the whole empire would have rebelled), nevertheless his successors maintained themselves, and had to meet no other difficulty than that which arose among themselves from their own ambitions. As they clustered around, almost fighting for the chance to kiss my hand, I saw again the vision of empire which I had thought faded forever. |
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