Imperium definition

ĭm-pîrē-əm
imperia
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A sphere of power or dominion; an empire.
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Absolute rule; supreme power.
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Supreme power; absolute authority or rule; imperial sovereignty.
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(law) The right of a state to use force in maintaining the law.
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Supreme power; dominion.
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The right to command the force of the state, sovereignty.
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Noun

Singular:
imperium
Plural:
imperia

Origin of imperium

  • Latin empire

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

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

    From Wiktionary

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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