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- DictionaryEm·pire/ˈemˌpī(ə)r/
noun
- 1. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress: "the Roman Empire"
- 2. a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group: "her business empire grew"
adjective
- 1. denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable during the First or (less commonly) the Second Empire in France. The decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in Egyptian and other ancient motifs probably inspired by Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns.