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Definition of Imperium
1. Noun. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised.
Generic synonyms: Demesne, Domain, Land
Specialized synonyms: Roman Empire, Egypt, Egyptian Empire, Persia, Persian Empire, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire
Derivative terms: Imperial
2. Noun. Supreme authority; absolute dominion.
Definition of Imperium
1. n. Supreme power; absolute dominion; empire.
Definition of Imperium
1. Noun. Supreme power; dominion. ¹
2. Noun. The right to command the force of the state, sovereignty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imperium
1. absolute power [n -RIUMS or -RIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperium
Literary usage of Imperium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The imperium in the case of proconsuls and ... order to facilitate the triumph
Sulla legalised the practice of treating the imperium as subsisting until the ..."
2. Roman Public Life by Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge (1901)
"General Characteristics of the Magistracy THE collective powers of the magistrate
had, as we saw, been summed up in the word imperium; they had, perhaps, ..."
3. Law in the Modern State by Léon Duguit (1919)
"It was the king, so they taught, as an individual, who possessed the imperium;
it was his property and the legal interpretation of the royal imperium ..."
4. International Law Codified and Its Legal Sanction: Or, The Legal by Pasquale Fiore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1918)
"The right of imperium or sovereignty consists of the eminent domain which resides
... The right of imperium is exercised with respect to persons and to the ..."
5. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1892)
"When in 23 BC he laid down the consulship, he retained the consulare imperium,
and as he retained it pro consule, it was usually called ..."
6. Publications by English Historical Society (1849)
"... régis Heinrici nunquam anathema ponet, nee rema- nebit in domino papa quin
coronet eum, sicut in ordine continetur, et regnum et imperium ..."
7. Roman Antiquities by Alexander Adam, John Richardson Major (1835)
"So late as in 444, the bestowal of the imperium was assuredly something more than
an empty form ; but it became such by the ..."
8. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the later days of the Republic such imperium was enjoyed, ... There was thus
a certain morcellement of imperium, delegated as it was by the people to a ..."
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