imperium in imperio
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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 C. H. Thomas
In theory and to a considerable extent in practice, the Brahmans and their gods are not an imperium in imperio but an imperium super imperium.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
But after 1559 it became more than a party; it became an imperium in imperio.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
It then implied that the spiritual body were no longer to be an imperium in imperio within the realm, but should hold their powers subordinate to the crown.
From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by James Anthony Froude
They were a band of aristocrats dwelling in a democracy, an imperium in imperio.
From American Sketches 1908 by Charles Whibley
