impery

Noun

empery (plural emperies)

1. (archaic) An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
   • Let’s cheere our ſouldiers to incounter him,
     That grieuous image of ingratitude:
     That fiery thirſter after Soueraigntie:
     And burne him in the fury of that flame,
     That none can quench but blood and Empery.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
2. (archaic) Absolute power or authority.
   • Because he filched away
     Thine own bright flower, the glory of plastic fire,
     And gifted mortals with it, — such a sin
     It doth behoove he expiate to the gods,
     Learning to accept the empery of Zeus,
     And leave off his old trick of loving man.1833, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Prometheus Bound

   Synonyms:

   dominion, sovereignty