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realm |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Realm \Realm\, n. [OE. realme, ream, reaume, OF reialme roialme F. royaume fr (assumed) LL regalimen from L. regalis royal. See {Regal}.] 1. A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom. The absolute master of realms on which the sun perpetually alone. --Motley. 2. Hence in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as the realm of fancy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: realm n 1: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: {kingdom}, {land}] 2: the domain ruled by a king or queen [syn: {kingdom}] 3: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" [syn: {domain}, {region}]
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