A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium, from imperare, inperare, from in + parare. empery, and imperium.
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