empery

1. (now rare) An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.Examples: "Let’s cheere our ſouldiers to incounter him, That grieuous image of ingratitude: That fiery thirſter after Soueraigntie: And burne him in the fury of that flame, That none can quench but blood and Empery."; "Secondly, the Largeneſs of his Empery, and the firſt Conquest of Ireland, long before the Reign of K. Hen. the Second."; "My Myne of precious stones: My Emperie, / How blest am I in this discovering thee!"archaic

2. (archaic) Absolute power or authority.Examples: "Because he filched away Thine own bright flower, the glory of plastic fire, And gifted mortals with it, — such a sin It doth behoove he expiate to the gods, Learning to accept the empery of Zeus, And leave off his old trick of loving man."Synonyms: dominion, sovereigntyarchaic