Brewer's: Empire of Reason; the Empire of Truth

etc., i.e. reason or truth as the governing principle. Empire is the Latin imper'ïum, a jurisdiction, and an emperor is one who holds command.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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