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Answer for the clue "Domain ruled by a monarch ", 5 letters:
realm

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., "kingdom," from Old French reaume , probably from roiaume "kingdom," altered (by influence of Latin regalis "regal") from Gallo-Roman *regiminem , accusative form of Latin regimen "system of government, rule" (see regimen ). Transferred sense ...

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n. 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 ] a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it ...

Usage examples of realm.

Every day, top lawyers and accountants bustled in and out, hoping to catch the ear of the man who ruled this realm: Arthur Levitt, the SEC chairman.

In such positions the growth of forms which secrete solid skeletons is so rapid that great walls of their remains accumulate next the shore, the mass being built outwardly by successive growths until the realm of the land may be extended for scores of miles into the deep.

In the next place, we are warranted by several considerations in asserting that Peter believed that down there, in the gloomy realm of shades, were gathered and detained the souls of all the dead generations.

To those ends, I am here to serve, even if it means having to practice the more bellicose side of the art in defense of your realm.

The bull was particularly bellicose in tone and the French retaliated, expelling Italian bankers from the realm and, much more to the point, cutting off the export of money, which denied the papacy a considerable part of its income.

It was whiter than bleached bone, but here and there were glimmerings, like gems of the same berylline color as the sky, life within the monolith, revealed to Riane, so newly come to this creased and pitiless realm.

Assuming that you could transport men and mounts through all the perils that bestrew the way between here and the Realm Amphibious, once there they would be utterly defeated.

Little girls and their dreams were out of the realm of his expertise but there was something about Billie that would be easy to get used to.

The third realm was in the serene blue sky among the stars, the zone of blessedness, where the accepted dwell in immortal peace and joy.

They were now confirming for the two emulations that they were indeed associating with each other, for this was better than being subject to the breeding program of this realm.

In this realm, as in the realm of action, it was exclusiveness that kept the Western soul pure in its expressions, and it was the victory of quantitative ideas, methods, and feelings that laid the life of the West open to the entrance of the Culture-distorter.

Indeed, he and the late Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire were the only two then-ruling monarchs to offer our excommunicant king sanctuary in their realms during the very darkest days, a few years ago, for all that had they taken him in, they could then have been themselves excommunicated and the lands they ruled been put under interdict.

Change our homuncules, and observe forthwith How the High Influence sways the English realm, And how the jacks lip out their reasonings there.

After five years of a kingdom-wide war, you know that his realms must be aswarm with veteran soldiers, and Zastros is offering them anything that he feels might tempt themamnesties and lands to nobles who fought against him, manumissions to escaped slaves, excellent wages to mercenaries, and mountains of loot for all.

They all came to earth in their time, achieved communion with the higher powers, reached the blessed stage of masterhood, and departed to join us in the realms of spirit.