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Definition of Realm

1. Noun. A domain in which something is dominant. "The rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

2. Noun. The domain ruled by a king or queen.

3. Noun. A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about. "The realm of the occult"

Definition of Realm

1. n. A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

Definition of Realm

1. Noun. An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined. ¹

2. Noun. The domain of a certain abstraction. ¹

3. Noun. (formal or legal) A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, and particularly those territories ruled by a king. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Realm

1. a kingdom [n -S] - See also: kingdom

Medical Definition of Realm

1. 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. Origin: OE. Realme, ream, reaume, OF. Reialme, roialme, F. Royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. Regalimen, from L. Regalis royal. See Regal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Realm

reallocating reallocation reallocations reallocator reallocators reallot reallotment reallots reallotted reallotting

reallow reallowed reallowing reallows really realm (current term) realme realmes realmless realms

realness realnesses realo realos realpolitical realpolitician realpoliticians realpolitik realpolitikal realpolitiker

Literary usage of Realm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1865)
"He is conscious that America must be a part of the realm, before it can be bound by the authority of parliament; and, therefore, is obliged to suggest that ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"A curious consequence of this irresponsibility is that the king is apparently the only per- son in the realm who cannot under any circumstances! arrest a ..."

3. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"OF THE realm OF PHILOSOPHY IN GENERAL So far as our concepts have a priori application, so far extends the use of our cognitive faculty according to ..."

4. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"OF THE realm OF PHILOSOPHY IN GENERAL So far as our concepts have a priori ... The part of this territory, where they are legislative, is the realm (ditio) ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"3 The estates of the realm.—There can be no question, I suppose, ... The king could not be an estate of his own realm any more than he could hold an estate ..."

6. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"Mony bave been daily conveyed out of thi» realm, to the impoverishment of the same ; and especially such •urns of Mony as the Pope's Holiness, ..."

7. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1896)
"It was not till 910 that a rising of the Danes on his northern frontier, and an attack SBC. VI. THE WEST SAXON realm 893 TO 1013 Mercia and the Dimes «97 ..."

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