2. Verb. (third-person singular of empress) ¹
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Definition of Empresses
1. empress [n] - See also: empress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Empresses
Literary usage of Empresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peking and the Pekingese During the First Year of the British Embassy at Peking by David Field Rennie (1865)
"Decrees connected .with the empresses, and Gazette notices—The title of the new
reign—A gas toy—Street money-changing—Notice of Dr. Wang-fang—Charge of ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"... to be derived from their endless variety of type and legend, certainly exceeds
that of any other series. The names and portraits of Emperors, empresses, ..."
3. Progress of India, Japan and China in the Century by Richard Temple (1903)
"The vacancy in the Throne was filled up by direction of Kung, and the two Dowager
empresses resumed, after a short intermission, so to speak, their regency ..."
4. A Short History of Japan by Ernest Wilson Clement (1915)
"LIST OF EMPERORS AND empresses' 1. Jim-mu (660-585 BC). 2. Sui-zei (581-549). 3.
An-nei (548-511). 4. ... 5. Ko-sho (475-393). 1 empresses in Italics. ..."
5. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. Christian Charity in the First Centuries of the Church.—The
Eastern empresses.—The Holy Roman Ladies. ..."
6. Bismarck: Some Secret Pages of His History by Moritz Busch (1898)
"... TWO empresses AGAINST THE CHANCELLOR — QUEEN VICTORIA AT CHARLOTTENBURG —
DEATH OF THE " INCUBUS " AT ii AM, on the morning of the Jth of January, 1886, ..."
7. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"The two empresses appointed co-regents . . . 13. Reorganisation of the administration .
. . 14. Punishment of the conspirators .... 15. ..."
8. Hildreth's "Japan as it was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan by Richard Hildreth, Ernest Wilson Clement (1907)
"... (1012-1016) 1 empresses in Italics. Bracketed names (Nos. 15 and 99) are
omitted from some lists. ..."
9. Peking and the Pekingese During the First Year of the British Embassy at Peking by David Field Rennie (1865)
"Decrees connected .with the empresses, and Gazette notices—The title of the new
reign—A gas toy—Street money-changing—Notice of Dr. Wang-fang—Charge of ..."
10. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"... to be derived from their endless variety of type and legend, certainly exceeds
that of any other series. The names and portraits of Emperors, empresses, ..."
11. Progress of India, Japan and China in the Century by Richard Temple (1903)
"The vacancy in the Throne was filled up by direction of Kung, and the two Dowager
empresses resumed, after a short intermission, so to speak, their regency ..."
12. A Short History of Japan by Ernest Wilson Clement (1915)
"LIST OF EMPERORS AND empresses' 1. Jim-mu (660-585 BC). 2. Sui-zei (581-549). 3.
An-nei (548-511). 4. ... 5. Ko-sho (475-393). 1 empresses in Italics. ..."
13. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. Christian Charity in the First Centuries of the Church.—The
Eastern empresses.—The Holy Roman Ladies. ..."
14. Bismarck: Some Secret Pages of His History by Moritz Busch (1898)
"... TWO empresses AGAINST THE CHANCELLOR — QUEEN VICTORIA AT CHARLOTTENBURG —
DEATH OF THE " INCUBUS " AT ii AM, on the morning of the Jth of January, 1886, ..."
15. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"The two empresses appointed co-regents . . . 13. Reorganisation of the administration .
. . 14. Punishment of the conspirators .... 15. ..."
16. Hildreth's "Japan as it was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan by Richard Hildreth, Ernest Wilson Clement (1907)
"... (1012-1016) 1 empresses in Italics. Bracketed names (Nos. 15 and 99) are
omitted from some lists. ..."
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