emperie

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French emperie,[1] usually derived from Latin imperium, but according to Hall, the stress of Middle English forms indicates derivation from emperer (“to govern”) +‎ -ie.[2] Doublet of empire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛmpəˈriː(ə)/, /ˈɛmpəriː(ə)/, /ˌau̯mpəˈriː(ə)/, /ˈau̯mpəriː(ə)/
  • IPA(key): /ˌimpəˈriː(ə)/, /ˈimpəriː(ə)/ (modified after Latin imperium)

Noun

emperie (plural emperies) (rare)

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

Descendants

  • English: empery (archaic)

References

  1. ^ “emperīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Hall, Robert A. Jr. (April 1947), “Anglo-Romance Etymologies”, in American Speech, volume 22, number 2, Duke University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 102.
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