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empery

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em·per·y  (mp-r)
n. pl. em·per·ies
Absolute dominion or jurisdiction; sovereignty.
[Middle English emperie, from Old French, from Latin imperium; see empire.]
empery [ˈɛmpərɪ]
n pl -peries
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Archaic dominion or power; empire
[C13 (in the sense: the status of an emperor): from Anglo-French emperie, from Latin imperium power; see empire]


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Past, present, and future mingled; and he went on oscillating across the broad, warm world, through high adventure and noble deeds to Her - ay, and with her, winning her, his arm about her, and carrying her on in flight through the empery of his mind.
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