'Western Empire' definitions:
Definition of 'Western Empire'
(from WordNet)
noun
The western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476 [syn: Western Roman Empire, Western Empire]
Definition of 'Western empire'
From: GCIDE
- Western \West"ern\, a. [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. [1913 Webster]
- Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. [1913 Webster]
- Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin.
- Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395. [1913 Webster]