See Also: realm(medicine)
realm(dictionary)
realm(dictionary)
REALM(law)

realm (iou)



realm noun. Also (earlier) reaume. ME.
[Old French reaume, realme (mod. royaume) from Latin regimin-, REGIMEN; the l arose through the infl. of Old French real, reiel vars. of roial ROYAL.]
A kingdom (now chiefly Law). Also, any region or territory, esp. of a specified ruling power; the sphere, domain, or province of some quality, state, or other abstract conception. ME.
abjuration of the realm: see ABJURATION 1. abjure the realm: see ABJURE 3. Estates of the Realm: see ESTATE noun. peer of the realm: see PEER noun1 4.
R. Baker That the Realm of England should be destroyed through the misgovernance of King Richard. Day Lewis A..coin of the realm. P. Auster My motives are lofty, but my work now takes place in the realm of the everyday. M. Bergmann Freud ventures outside the clinical realm to make observations on humanity as a whole.
spec. A primary zoogeographical division of the earth's surface. L19.
realmless adjective E19.