imperium
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Provincial governors had imperium, or jurisdiction over a territory or military legion.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
If nations are to save us from the imperium, one would expect them to operate differently from the nations of today.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
Born into the stifling oppression of the Soviet imperium, Christo — whose full name was Christo Vladimirov Javacheff — always had one core guiding idea: the inalienability of freedom.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Or at least that’s how I suspect it will be seen in the cold light of hindsight, when some future Edward Gibbon sets out to tell the story of the American imperium in full.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
Dictatorially extending Andean verticality, the imperium shuttled people and materiel in and out of every Andean crevice.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Even in the most elementary communities, family-organisations, as we know them, are at most imperia in imperio.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir
The court was part of the general immunity which made these quarters imperia in imperio: their exemptions from tolls and from financial contributions is parallel to their judicial privileges.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
