realm
Etymology

From Middle English rewme, realme, reaume, from Old French reaume, realme ("kingdom"), of unclear origins.

Pronunciation
  • (British, America) enPR: rĕlm, IPA: /ɹɛlm/
Noun

realm (plural realms)

  1. An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.
    • 1907, Tada Kanai, “The World and How to Pass Through It”, in Arthur Lloyd, transl., Seven Buddhist Sermons:
      Why should we despise anything in the realm of Buddha?
  2. The domain of a certain abstraction.
    • 1922, Judson Eber Conant, “Truth Must be Classified Scientifically”, in The Church The Schools and Evolution:
      One thing more which the scientific man does is to accord primacy to that realm of truth which is primary in importance.
  3. (computing) A scope of operation in networking or security.
  4. (formal or legal) A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, especially by a king.
    • 1913, Leslie Alexander Toke, Catholic Encyclopedia, "St. Dunstan",
      Then seeing his life was threatened he fled the realm and crossed over to Flanders, […]
  5. (fantasy, RPG) An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise — usually ruled or created by a mystical character.
  6. (virology, taxonomy) A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms.
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