emperorship
Supreme monarchical position
Emperorship is the position, status, or tenure of an emperor.
The word appears in historical and formal contexts discussing imperial rule: His emperorship lasted forty years.
It can also refer to the dignity or authority that comes with being emperor: He assumed the emperorship after his father's death.
Successive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
succession · throne · heir · crown prince · ascension · abdication · usurpation · interregnum
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- anointmentRitual application of oil
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
proclamation · acclamation · regalia · crown · scepter · orb · robe · pageantry
Sovereign's time in power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominionAuthority to rule
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
supremacy · hegemony · mandate · autocracy · absolutism · command · jurisdiction · control
Patterned crusty roll
- czarAbsolute ruler or appointee
- tsarRussian absolute monarch
- sultanMuslim royal ruler
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
mikado · maharajah · imperator · sovereign · autocrat · monarch · highness · majesty
Area of control
- dominionAuthority to rule
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
palace · capital · provinces · vassal states · tributaries · colonies · protectorates · borders
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · succession · throne · heir · crown prince · ascension · abdication · usurpation · interregnum · primogeniture
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- anointmentRitual application of oil
inauguration · proclamation · acclamation · regalia · crown · scepter · orb · robe · pageantry · pomp
reign
Sovereign's time in power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- dominionAuthority to rule
- governanceHow authority is exercised
authority · supremacy · hegemony · mandate · autocracy · absolutism · command · jurisdiction · control · power
kaiser
Patterned crusty roll
pharaoh · mikado · maharajah · imperator · sovereign · autocrat · monarch · highness · majesty
domain
Area of control
kingdom · palace · capital · provinces · vassal states · tributaries · colonies · protectorates · borders · expansion
- rulershipreign, rule, dominion, kingdom, realm
- Japanese Royaltymikado, crown prince, crown princess, Hirohito, Meiji
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
emperorshipsubjection
State of being controlled
serfdom · servitude · slavery · subjugation · peasantry
emperorshippowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
subjugation · enslavement · servility · submission · bondage
empire, emperor, empress, imperial, imperious, imperative, imperialism, emperors, imperialist