Definitions for realm
rɛlmrealm

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. kingdom, land, realmnoun

   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. kingdom, realmnoun

   the domain ruled by a king or queen

3. region, realmnoun

   a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

   "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"

Wiktionary(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. realmnoun

   An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.

   Etymology: From reaume, realme, of unclear origins. A postulated , cross of regimen with regalis is usually cited.

2. realmnoun

   The domain of a certain abstraction.

   Etymology: From reaume, realme, of unclear origins. A postulated , cross of regimen with regalis is usually cited.

3. realmnoun

   A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, and particularly those territories ruled by a king.

   Etymology: From reaume, realme, of unclear origins. A postulated , cross of regimen with regalis is usually cited.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Realmnoun

   a royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom

   Etymology: [OE. realme, ream, reaume, OF. reialme, roialme, F. royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. regalimen, from L. regalis royal. See Regal.]

2. Realmnoun

   hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy

   Etymology: [OE. realme, ream, reaume, OF. reialme, roialme, F. royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. regalimen, from L. regalis royal. See Regal.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Realm

   A realm is a community or territory over which a sovereign rules; it is commonly used to describe a kingdom or other monarchical or dynastic state. The Old French word reaume, modern French royaume, was the word first adopted in English; the fixed modern spelling does not appear until the beginning of the 17th century. The word supposedly derives from medieval Latin regalimen, from regalis, of or belonging to a rex,. "Realm" is particularly used for those states whose name includes the word kingdom, to avoid clumsy repetition of the word in a sentence. It is also useful to describe those countries whose monarchs are called something other than "king" or "queen"; for example, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a realm but not a kingdom since its monarch holds the title Grand Duke rather than King. "Realm" is also frequently used to refer to territories that are "under" a monarch, yet are not a physical part of his or her "kingdom". Similarly, the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau are considered parts of the Realm of New Zealand, although they are not part of New Zealand proper. Likewise, the Faroe Islands and Greenland remain parts of the Danish Realm.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Realm

   relm, n. a regal or royal jurisdiction: kingdom: province: country: dominion. [O. Fr. realme—Low L. regalimen—L. regalis, royal.]

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1. • Domain
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   • Sphere

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'realm' in Nouns Frequency: #2529

Anagrams for realm »

1. lamer, maerl, Maler, marle

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of realm in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of realm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of realm in a Sentence

1. Angela Lieverse:

   It suggests either they didn't know she had twins or that dying during childbirth wasn't so out of the realm of possibility that it would be considered unique.

2. H.W. Mann:

   Although consciousness is non-physical, it has been said that it is of the brain, and therefore in some way of the physical world. This is not the case. We can sit in meditation and observe our thoughts and emotions. Therefore, we are not our thoughts and emotions. Consciousness exists beyond the mind-body experience. Since consciousness is beyond the mind-body experience it could not have evolved. Consciousness is not of the physical realm. Consciousness is of the spiritual realm. Consciousness is what it is. Infinite.

3. Dana McCoy:

   With a lot of the efforts that have been made internationally in the public health and medical realm, we've come to a lot of success in helping children to survive, but now we're moving into an era where we can not only help children to survive, but really focus on helping them to thrive.

4. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   America is thousands of kilometres away from the Persian Gulf and conducts exercises there with regional countries ... but if we have exercises in our own security realm they protest loudly.

5. Liz Rosenberg:

   We are out of the realm of focusing squarely on the US Treasury or the Iranian central bank governor or Iran's oil minister. It does seem a bit of an afterthought, which is oddly misplaced, to discuss the power of sanctions when there is no meaningful new economic measure that will create a powerful new impact at this point.

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