Imperium Definition

ĭm-pîrē-əm
imperia
noun
imperia
Supreme power; absolute authority or rule; imperial sovereignty.
Webster's New World
A sphere of power or dominion; an empire.
American Heritage
The right of a state to use force in maintaining the law.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Imperium

Noun

Singular:
imperium
Plural:
imperia

Origin of Imperium

  • From Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin empire

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Imperium Sentence Examples

  • After the nomination, the imperium of the dictator was confirmed by a lex curiata.

  • During these years Commodus was associated with Marcus in the imperium, and.

  • But above all things the church was being criticized as an imperium in imperio, a privileged body not amenable to ordinary jurisdiction, and subservient to a foreign lordthe pope.

  • This temple was cared for, and the cult attended, by women only, and the same was the case at a second celebration at the beginning of December in the house of a magistrate with imperium, which became famous owing to the profanation of these mysteries by P. Clodius in 62 B.C., and the political consequences of his act.

  • They were to be elected for five years by seventeen of the tribes chosen by lot from the thirty-five; the imperium was to be conferred upon them by the lex curiata, together with judicial powers and the rank of praetor.

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Words Starting With

IIMIMP

Words Ending With

MUMIUM

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imperium

Words Starting With I and Ending With M

Starts With I & Ends With MStarts With IM & Ends With MStarts With I & Ends With UM

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With I8 Letter Words Ending With M