Imperium

//ɪmˈpɪəɹi.əm// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Supreme power; dominion. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    supreme authority; absolute dominion wordnet
  3. 3
    The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Doublet of empery and empire.

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