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A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. Gen. xxxxii. 9. I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of…

A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire. Every county, every town, every family, was in agitation. Macaulay.

r cry, a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.

ormerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.

A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.

in every part. Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.

The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively. The domain of authentic history. E. Everett. The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. J. C. Shairp.

That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.

The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.

The territory of a duke.

es (Mus.), the church modes, or the scales anciently used. -- Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also States of the Church.

The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.

The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire. Empi…

A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

To endow with an estate. [Archaic] Then would I . . . Estate them with large land and territory. Tennyson.

on of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]