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n.
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
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Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
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Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.
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The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.
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In the old German empire, the head forest keeper.
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Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital.
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A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.
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The sacred law of the Turkish empire.
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The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.
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The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
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One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
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An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.
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Lofty; as, hilly empire.
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Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
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Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century.
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A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.
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Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire.
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A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
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