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語源

Borrowed from Old French reaume, of disputed origin. For the change of /ɛu̯/ to /ɛː/ before /m/, compare flewme.

発音

• IPA: /ˈrɛu̯m(ə)/, /ˈrɛ̝ːm(ə)/

名詞

rewme (plural rewmes)

1. kingdom, realm, nation
2. region, area, province
3. zone, area of effect
4. dominion, rulership, lordship
5. The subjects of a ruler; the people of a realm.
6. The Kingdom of Heaven; God's kingdom.
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Luke 8:1, page 32r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     And it was doon aftirward · ⁊ [iheſus] made iourneis bi citees ⁊ caſtelis, [pꝛe]ch[in]ge ⁊ euangelizynge þe rewme of god / ⁊ twelue wiþ h[im] ·

     After that happened, Jesus made visits to cities and fortresses, preaching about and disseminating the kingdom of God with the Twelve alongside him.

派生した語

• English: realm
• Scots: realm

参照

• “rēaume, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.