Realm

Realm

A realm ( /ˈrɛlm/) is a community or territory over which a sovereign rules; it is commonly used to describe a kingdom or other monarchical or dynastic state.

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Famous quotes containing the word realm:

    “Sleep hath its own world,
    And a wide realm of wild reality.
    And dreams in their development have breath,
    And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    “Every man is the lord of a realm beside which the earthly empire of the Czar is but a petty state, a hummock left by the ice.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)