imperial

Example Sentences

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I didn’t want to go, given L.A.’s freewheeling art territory compared with imperial Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times

The bishop and Church historian Eusebius, who took part, wrote that the church was tightly packed, and that discussions later moved to an imperial palace, where the Nicene Creed was drafted.

From The Wall Street Journal

But American politics and presidency scholars – including me – have long worried about the idea of an imperial presidency – meaning, a president who tries to exert a level of control beyond what the Constitution spells out.

From Salon

This pardon cemented into place the imperial presidency.

From Salon

“It was a shrine to the imperial cult,” said Elizabeth Marlowe, director of the museum studies program at Colgate University, who has tracked the statue’s history.

From New York Times