imperium
nounUK /ɪmˈpɪəɹi.əm/ · US /ɪmˈpɪɹi.əm/
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.
1
Supreme power; dominion.
2
The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty.
- Derived terms
- coimperium, Western Imperium
- Related terms
- imperium in imperio