Imperialism, on the other hand, comes from the Latin term imperium, meaning to command. From Wordnik.com. [Colonialism] Reference
Both had delegated the 'imperium' to him and he was the Emperor. From Wordnik.com. [India In The Commonwealth] Reference
So the community conferred or delegated its 'imperium' on an individual who was chosen and that was the basis of the word 'Emperor'. From Wordnik.com. [India In The Commonwealth] Reference
There is no "imperium" in the strict sense over Canada or Australia or South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Plans in Education] Reference
'imperium' or unipolarity or hegemony from the bottom up. From Wordnik.com. [Marc Lynch] Reference
I had been illegally deprived of my imperium and my command. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
The imperium is afraid of truth, is afraid of independent voices. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
Nam imperium facile his artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
But inside the room, the scene had all the trappings of the American imperium. From Wordnik.com. [No Peace In The Streets] Reference
'Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar, imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astris. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
May I respectfully request that my own imperium be permitted to stand for the time being?. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
If he did, he wouldn't be here with an imperium equal to the old woman's in Further Spain. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
But since the imperium has attacked, openly, they strengthened the convictions of many countries. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
He went home from the Centuriate Assembly a private citizen, shorn of imperium and official auctoritas. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Cultures dominate and have imperium, or imperia, if that's the word, and this is ours in terms of pop culture. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Media in the New Century - January 2, 2000] Reference
Was he to become the Senate's perpetual workhorse perpetually palmed off with an imperium outside of true senatorial power?. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
In the 18 months since 9/11, this country has gone from noble victim to rogue imperium in the judgmental eyes of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Political Lives: The Global War For Hearts And Minds] Reference
You will bear my mandate and have sufficient money to pay for the hiring of the ships, and you will have a propraetorian imperium. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
“But the Senate is not legally empowered to give a man outside its own ranks imperium to command or govern!” objected Mamercus. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
In similar circumstances I might have acted in a similar way-could I have assured myself I was not flouting the governor's imperium. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
It was Vico who sketched modern society as a world of nations each one guarding its own imperium, fighting just and not inhuman wars. From Wordnik.com. [Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado] Reference
Eorum multitudinem in unum cogit ac paulatim consuefacit ordines habere, signa sequi, imperium observare, item alia militaria facere. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
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