imperium in imperio
Example Sentences
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If they had a dangerous resemblance to an imperium in imperio, they minimized it by their obvious desire to exercise influence through the Emperor.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
It is, in fact, an imperium in imperio and its conflict with the state is inevitable.
From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Harold Joseph Laski
From this usurpation is formed the almost insurmountable barrier against human liberty, "the imperium in imperio," or the visionary empire of supernaturalism within, and either confederate with, or independent of, the secular empire.
From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Logan Mitchell
Each Province, as in every genuine Federation, is an imperium in imperio, possessing a Constitution of its own, and delegating central powers to a Federal Government.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Erskine Childers
The existence of an imperium in imperio which comes between them and their people is of course distasteful to the mandarins; and they are bent on curtailing its privileges.
From The Awakening of China by W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons) Martin
