emperie

Middle English

Alternative forms

aumperie, aunperie, amperiȝe, aumperye, imperye, imperie

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French emperie, from Latin imperium. Doublet of empire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛmˈpɛriː(ə)/, /ˈɛmpəriː(ə)/, /im-/, /am-/, /au̯m-/

Noun

emperie (plural emperies) (rare)

Emperorship; the office or title of emperor.
Power, legitimacy; the authorisation required to effect change.
An empire; the domain of an emperor or empress.

Descendants

English: empery (archaic)

References

“emperīe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-24.

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