empery
[
em
-p
uh
-ree]
/ˈɛm pə ri/
noun
,
plural
emperies.
1.
absolute dominion; sovereignty.
Origin
1250-1300;
Middle English
emperie
<
Anglo-French
<
Latin
imperium
mastery, sovereignty, empire, equivalent to
imper
(
āre
) to rule (see
emperor
) +
-ium
-ium
British Dictionary definitions for
empery
empery
/
ˈɛmpərɪ
/
noun
(
pl
)
-peries
1.
(
archaic
) dominion or power; empire
Word Origin
C13 (in the sense: the status of an emperor): from Anglo-French
emperie,
from Latin
imperium
power; see
empire