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Definition of empress in English: empressnoun ˈɛmprəsˈɛmprəs 1A woman who is a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress at Delhi in 1877 Example sentencesExamples - The latest proclamation from the Empress states that all women, other than the empress herself, must leave the kingdom for unspoken reasons.
- In 1768 he traveled to Vienna to inoculate the family of the Austrian empress Maria Theresa - including the young Marie Antoinette - and subsequently served as court physician for over ten years.
- It should be noted that Orchid's character is based on Tzu Hsi, who was China's longest-reigning female ruler and its last empress.
- They had to sneak into the capital and find a way into the empress's fortress.
- Constitutional changes to permit a female empress may thus trigger dangerous public debate about the need for a monarchy.
- China's emperors and empresses knew what they wanted.
- She began receiving years of private instruction to assist her in her role as the future empress.
- There were many rumors that she was going to be the future empress of Austria.
- The giant Schonbrunn Palace was created for the empress Maria Theresa and her 16 children, and it looked pretty magical by lamplight.
- When the farmer brings him to Court, he makes the acquaintance of Her Majesty, the royal empress of Brobningnag.
- The reigning empresses were enthroned to prevent a break in succession in cases of emergency, such as when a crown prince was too young to reign or was forced to postpone enthronement for political reasons.
- Anarchists threw bombs into the French parliament, and assassinated the Russian tsar, the French president, the Austrian empress, the Spanish prime minister, and the Italian king.
- Disraeli seized the chance to buy a controlling interest in the Suez canal, he sent the flamboyant Lytton to India as viceroy, and his 1876 Royal Titles Act proclaimed Victoria empress of India.
- The centerpiece depicts the empress enthroned under a baldachin and surrounded by figures of Hercules, Minerva, Mars, and other gods celebrating her military achievements.
Synonyms ruler, sovereign, monarch, potentate - 1.1 The wife or widow of an emperor.
皇后；皇帝遗孀 she became Empress of France as the wife of Napoleon III Example sentencesExamples - Later emperors carried it further and in the second century AD empresses such as Sabina (wife of the emperor Trajan) were depicted as embodying, for example, pietas (family feeling).
- During the Second Empire, Carpeaux was one of the favoured sculptors of both the emperor and empress.
- It became clear to the factory leadership that neither the emperor nor the empress were interested in copies on porcelain of paintings in the Hermitage.
- The emperor and empress did not attend the prince's funeral Friday in conformity with tradition.
- The king is expected to invite the emperor and empress to a private dinner at his palace on Wednesday.
- The emperor and empress met the Malaysian royal couple during a visit to Malaysia in 1970.
- From the 11 th Century, the images of the empresses and the mothers of emperors were placed beside that of the emperors.
- The emperor and the empress eased themselves into their silk-cushioned thrones.
- After the ceremony, Sayako said: ‘I would like to express my deep gratitude to both the emperor and the empress for blessing us.’
- The emperor and empress earlier in the day met with the king, who has been discharged from the hospital.
- The empress dowager looked up, the tears beginning to course down those flawless cheeks.
- When she died, only four years ago at the age of 97, she was also the longest living empress consort in Japanese history.
- The emperor and the empress are visiting those cliffs, too.
- After the event, the emperor and empress visited the recuperating Norwegian king at his palace for a private dinner.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French emperesse, feminine of emperere (see emperor). Definition of empress in US English: empressnounˈɛmprəsˈemprəs 1A woman who is a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress at Delhi in 1877 Example sentencesExamples - They had to sneak into the capital and find a way into the empress's fortress.
- The centerpiece depicts the empress enthroned under a baldachin and surrounded by figures of Hercules, Minerva, Mars, and other gods celebrating her military achievements.
- The giant Schonbrunn Palace was created for the empress Maria Theresa and her 16 children, and it looked pretty magical by lamplight.
- Anarchists threw bombs into the French parliament, and assassinated the Russian tsar, the French president, the Austrian empress, the Spanish prime minister, and the Italian king.
- There were many rumors that she was going to be the future empress of Austria.
- In 1768 he traveled to Vienna to inoculate the family of the Austrian empress Maria Theresa - including the young Marie Antoinette - and subsequently served as court physician for over ten years.
- China's emperors and empresses knew what they wanted.
- Constitutional changes to permit a female empress may thus trigger dangerous public debate about the need for a monarchy.
- The latest proclamation from the Empress states that all women, other than the empress herself, must leave the kingdom for unspoken reasons.
- It should be noted that Orchid's character is based on Tzu Hsi, who was China's longest-reigning female ruler and its last empress.
- Disraeli seized the chance to buy a controlling interest in the Suez canal, he sent the flamboyant Lytton to India as viceroy, and his 1876 Royal Titles Act proclaimed Victoria empress of India.
- When the farmer brings him to Court, he makes the acquaintance of Her Majesty, the royal empress of Brobningnag.
- The reigning empresses were enthroned to prevent a break in succession in cases of emergency, such as when a crown prince was too young to reign or was forced to postpone enthronement for political reasons.
- She began receiving years of private instruction to assist her in her role as the future empress.
Synonyms ruler, sovereign, monarch, potentate - 1.1 The wife or widow of an emperor.
皇后；皇帝遗孀 she became Empress of France as the wife of Napoleon III Example sentencesExamples - From the 11 th Century, the images of the empresses and the mothers of emperors were placed beside that of the emperors.
- The king is expected to invite the emperor and empress to a private dinner at his palace on Wednesday.
- After the event, the emperor and empress visited the recuperating Norwegian king at his palace for a private dinner.
- The emperor and empress did not attend the prince's funeral Friday in conformity with tradition.
- The emperor and empress earlier in the day met with the king, who has been discharged from the hospital.
- Later emperors carried it further and in the second century AD empresses such as Sabina (wife of the emperor Trajan) were depicted as embodying, for example, pietas (family feeling).
- After the ceremony, Sayako said: ‘I would like to express my deep gratitude to both the emperor and the empress for blessing us.’
- The emperor and the empress are visiting those cliffs, too.
- When she died, only four years ago at the age of 97, she was also the longest living empress consort in Japanese history.
- The emperor and empress met the Malaysian royal couple during a visit to Malaysia in 1970.
- During the Second Empire, Carpeaux was one of the favoured sculptors of both the emperor and empress.
- The empress dowager looked up, the tears beginning to course down those flawless cheeks.
- The emperor and the empress eased themselves into their silk-cushioned thrones.
- It became clear to the factory leadership that neither the emperor nor the empress were interested in copies on porcelain of paintings in the Hermitage.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French emperesse, feminine of emperere (see emperor). |