empire

Noun

• an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

• a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

• a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

• a group of countries under a single authority
  • the British created a great empire
    

• the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Empire , conglomerate , imperium