 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
realm
noun
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: 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}]
3: the domain ruled by a king or queen [syn: {kingdom}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Realm \Realm\ (r[e^]lm), noun [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 shone. --Motley.
2. Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain;
department; division; as, the realm of fancy.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "realm":
ally, ambit, animal kingdom, archduchy, archdukedom, area, arena,
bailiwick, beat, body politic, border, borderland, buffer state,
captive nation, chain of being, chieftaincy, chieftainry, circle,
circuit, city-state, class structure, colony, commonweal,
commonwealth, compass, confines, country, county, demesne,
department, dimensions, discipline, domain, dominion, duchy,
dukedom, earldom, empery, empire, establishment, extent, field,
free city, grand duchy, hemisphere, hierarchy, judicial circuit,
jurisdiction, kingdom, land, limits, mandant, mandate,
mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, march, mineral kingdom,
monarchy, nation, nationality, natural hierarchy, orb, orbit, pale,
pecking order, polis, polity, possession, power, power structure,
precinct, principality, principate, protectorate, province,
puppet government, puppet regime, purview, pyramid, radius, reach,
republic, responsibility, round, satellite, scope, seneschalty,
settlement, sovereign nation, sphere, state, subdiscipline,
sultanate, superpower, sweep, territory, toparchia, toparchy,
vegetable kingdom, walk
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