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A '''realm''' is a community or territory over which a [[sovereign]] rules. The term is commonly used to describe a [[Monarchy|monarchical]] or [[Dynasty|dynastic]] state. A realm may also be a subdivision within an [[empire]],<ref>Definition of word Empire; Pedro Luft Celso, Minidicionário Luft, Letter I. Year 1996.</ref> if it has its own monarch, e.g. the [[German Empire]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
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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'' (king).<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Realm|volume=22|page=941|inline=1}}</ref> The word ''rex'' itself is derived from the Latin verb ''regere'', which means "to rule". Thus the literal meaning of the word ''realm'' is "the territory of a ruler", traditionally a monarch (emperor, king, grand duke, prince, etc.).<br />
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==Usage==<br />
[[File:Portuguese_empire_1800.png|thumb|[[United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves]] with all its colonies. Example of a kingdom out of an empire. (Extinct country that had a royal throne)]]<br />
[[File:Bavaria in the German Reich (1871).svg|thumb|[[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]], a kingdom that was attached to an empire]]<br />
"Realm" is particularly used for those states whose name includes the word ''kingdom'' (for example, the [[United Kingdom]]), as [[elegant variation]], to avoid clumsy repetition of the word in a sentence (for example, "The King's realm, the United Kingdom..."). 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 [[monarchy|kingdom]], since its monarch holds the title Grand Duke rather than King. <br />
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The term may commonly be used to describe any of the "[[Commonwealth realm]]s", which are kingdoms in their own right and share the same person as monarch, though they are fully independent of each other.<br />
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More broadly, a "realm" may encompass territories that are subject to a monarch, yet are not a physical part of his or her "kingdom"; for example, the [[Cook Islands]] and [[Niue]] are considered parts of the [[Realm of New Zealand]], although they are not part of New Zealand proper.<br />
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Realm may also be used [[metaphor]]ically to refer to an area of knowledge, expertise or habitat within which an individual or [[Residency (domicile)|denizen]] is pre-eminent or dominant, e.g., "Shakespeare's realm was English drama," or "A lion's realm is the jungle".<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Biogeographic realm]], a concept in biogeography<br />
* [[Demesne]] (or "Domain"), the term for the part of the realm controlled directly rather than via tenants.<br />
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* [[Empire]]<br />
* [[Monarchy|Kingdom]]<br />
* ''[[Reich]]'', the German word for "realm"<br />
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