Synonyms for imperium


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-peer-ee-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɪər i əm

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Définition of imperium

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin imperium "command, supreme authority, power" (see empire).
  • As in power : noun control, dominance
  • As in world power : noun powerful country
Example sentences :
  • Several other circumstances tended to strengthen the imperium of the church.
  • Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
  • Probably he thinks of nothing apart from his mine; of his 'Imperium in Imperio.'
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • Walk down to the Imperium with me, Harry, and have a bit of lunch.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • That same afternoon he went over to the Imperium to vote at the election of members.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • There was to be no imperium in imperio, but "one body politic," with one Supreme Head.
  • Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
  • The imperium—as is only just—would remain in the family of the great Augustus.
  • Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • The Cæsar had nominated his successor to the imperium in the Circus the other day.
  • Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • "Womanhood seems to be organized as a sort of imperium in imperio in your system," I said.
  • Extract from : « Looking Backward » by Edward Bellamy
  • They were a band of aristocrats dwelling in a democracy, an imperium in imperio.
  • Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
  • Such an imperium in imperio had in this instance its usual results.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume II (of 3) » by James Dennistoun

Antonyms for imperium

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