Definitions for imperium

imperium im·pe·ri·um

Spelling: [im-peer-ee-uh m]
IPA: /ɪmˈpɪər i əm/

Imperium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in imperium (eiimmpru).

Definitions for imperium

noun

  1. command; supreme power.
  2. area of dominion; sphere of control or monopoly; empire.
  3. a nation having or exerting supreme power; superpower.
  4. Law. the right to command the force of the state in order to enforce the law.

Origin of imperium

1645-55; Latin: supreme administrative power, authority, empire, equivalent to imper(āre) to rule (see imperative) + -ium -ium

Examples for imperium

The Cæsar had nominated his successor to the imperium in the Circus the other day.

And Pandit never ruled with the imperium that used to come with this office.

That same afternoon he went over to the imperium to vote at the election of members.

Several other circumstances tended to strengthen the imperium of the church.

The imperium—as is only just—would remain in the family of the great Augustus.

Walk down to the imperium with me, Harry, and have a bit of lunch.

"Womanhood seems to be organized as a sort of imperium in imperio in your system," I said.

Probably he thinks of nothing apart from his mine; of his 'imperium in Imperio.'

There was to be no imperium in imperio, but "one body politic," with one Supreme Head.

Boehner has no sense of imperium, and no apparent ability to threaten or intimidate rank-and-file members into falling in line.

Word Value for imperium
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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