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Realm
//rɛːm// noun
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Noun
- 1 A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom. archaic, rhetoric
"And, of this island realm, he and his companion were the undisputed sovereigns."
- 2 a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about wordnet
- 3 A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.; An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise. archaic, rhetoric
- 4 the domain ruled by a king or queen wordnet
- 5 A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.; The spiritual state of which God is the head; the Kingdom of Heaven. archaic, obsolete, rhetoric
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- 6 a domain in which something is dominant wordnet
- 7 A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain. also, figuratively
"the realm of physics"
- 8 A primary zoogeographical division of the earth's surface.
- 9 A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms.
- 10 A region or zone forming part of a cosmological system. archaic
Etymology
From Middle English rewme, realme, reaume, from Old French reaume, realme, reialme (“kingdom”), of unclear origins. A postulated *rēgālimen (“domain, kingdom”), Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cross of regimen with rēgālis is usually cited. The modern spelling predominates from around 1600. The modern pronunciation with /l/ is either a spelling pronunciation or influenced by the etymology.
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