n. | 1. | A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom. |
2. | Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; |
Noun | 1. | realm - 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" |
2. | realm - 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" | |
3. | realm - the domain ruled by a king or queen Synonyms: kingdom |
REALM. A kingdom; a country. 1 Taunt. 270; 4 Campb. 289; Rose, R. 387.
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