imperium in imperio

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Who were answerable for the anomalous state of affairs in the province,—the imperium in imperio where the inner power waxed and strengthened every day, and the outer relatively pined and dwindled?

From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Parkman, Francis

But after 1559 it became more than a party; it became an imperium in imperio.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

In the public place were rows of booths arranged in streets forming imperium in imperio, a town within a town. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

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 Froude, James Anthony

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 Childers, Erskine