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imperium

[ im-peer-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural im·pe·ri·a [im-, peer, -ee-, uh], im·pe·ri·ums.
  1. command; supreme power.
  2. area of dominion; sphere of control or monopoly; empire.
  3. a nation having or exerting supreme power; superpower.
  4. Law. the right to command the force of the state in order to enforce the law.


imperium

/ ɪmˈpɪərɪəm /

noun

  1. (in ancient Rome) the supreme power, held esp by consuls and emperors, to command and administer in military, judicial, and civil affairs
  2. the right to command; supreme power
  3. a less common word for empire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of imperium1

1645–55; < Latin: supreme administrative power, authority, empire, equivalent to imper ( āre ) to rule ( imperative ) + -ium -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of imperium1

C17: from Latin: command, empire, from imperāre to command; see emperor
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Example Sentences

Boehner has no sense of imperium, and no apparent ability to threaten or intimidate rank-and-file members into falling in line.

And Pandit never ruled with the imperium that used to come with this office.

Obtenditur Regin imperium, interponitur etiam Gubernatoris auctoritas.

Walk down to the Imperium with me, Harry, and have a bit of lunch.

That same afternoon he went over to the Imperium to vote at the election of members.

They were a band of aristocrats dwelling in a democracy, an imperium in imperio.

You know, however, in this world that there is another world—orb within orb—an imperium in imperio—the Exclusives.

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