imperium in imperio
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They were a band of aristocrats dwelling in a democracy, an imperium in imperio.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
The commercial concessions which Clive had forced from him gave the English an imperium in imperio.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce
They form a kind of imperium in imperio.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
But after 1559 it became more than a party; it became an imperium in imperio.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
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 Eliot, Charles, Sir
