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Webster 1913 Edition

(rĕlm)

Noun.

[OE.

realme

ream

reaume

, OF.

reialme

roialme

, F.

royaume

, fr. (assumed) LL.

regalimen

, from L.

regalis

royal. See

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.

Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division;

as, the

realm

of fancy

Noun.

relm. [L. rex, king, whence regalis, royal.]

A royal jurisdiction or extent of government; a kingdom; a king's dominions; as the realm of England.

Kingly government; as the realm of bees. [Unusual.]