an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state
supreme political power over several countries when exercised by a single authority
absolute control over a person or group.
a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group
an extensive sphere of activity controlled by one person or group
denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable chiefly during the First Empire in France. The decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in Egyptian and other ancient motifs.
denoting produce from the Commonwealth.