Realm \Realm\ (r[e^]lm), n. [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.
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            The absolute master of realms on which the sun
            perpetually shone.                    --Motley.
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   2. Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain;
      department; division; as, the realm of fancy.
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	realm
     n 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]

	

	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

	

	REALM. A kingdom; a country. 1 Taunt. 270; 4 Campb. 289; Rose, R. 387.