imperium in imperio

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Being picked men, and united, they each form an imperium in imperio in the large societies much used by ambitious collegians.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various

Paying no taxes, they become independent of the state, an imperium in imperio, a power rivaling that of organized society itself.

From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.

The latter were opposed upon the specious argument that such extended rights would constitute an imperium in imperio, and thus a condition incompatible with the safety and the conservation of complete control.

From Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by Thomas, C. H.

Here was a German colony in existence and almost constituting already an imperium in imperio.

From South America and the War by Kirkpatrick, F. A. (Frederick Alexander)

The clergy had held for many centuries an imperium in imperio.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.