| 单词 | imperial city |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimperial city imperial city n. now chiefly historical (a) a city that is the seat of an empire, or that is itself a sovereign or independent state; (b) a city of the Holy Roman Empire owning allegiance to the Emperor alone. [Compare post-classical Latin civitas imperialis, chiefly denoting cities within the Holy Roman Empire (from 8th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources).] ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > other types of city kine-burghc1225 City of Goda1382 city of refuge (alsorefute)a1425 mother city?a1425 imperial city1550 city dwelling1613 second city1621 out-city1642 garden town1835 hoard-burg1895 garden city1898 cathedral city1902 parasitopolis1927 twin city1973 arcology1985 sustainable city1986 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > sovereign or independent freedom1423 city1481 free city1575 imperial city1603 city republic1838 city-state1840 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. f. clxvi She shuld be & remain an emperial city [L. imperialis ciuitas]. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 85 Geneua is an imperiall citty in Savoy. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 203 City of Erfurt..is a free City, but not an imperiall City; and paies some tribute to the Bishop of Metz, and to the Saxon Duke of Wineberg. 1764 A. Anderson Hist. Origin Commerce II. 285 A Convention was renewed and enlarged between his Majesty of Great-Britain and the free and imperial City and Republic of Hamburgh. 1849 Mercersburg Rev. May 266 It is questionable, if any German imperial city (Nuremberg even scarcely excepted) has retained its ancient manners, institutions, and usages, with so little change, for any like time, as Zurich. 1898 Yale Law Jrnl. Mar. 225 The crime which lynching punishes—the crime for which Tarquin fled the Imperial City—goes hand in hand with lynching. 1948 Life Apr. 15/2 Madam Tan accompanied us on a visit to the Imperial City, pointing out the empress' living quarters. 1990 N. J. G. Pounds Hist. Geogr. Europe (abridged ed.) iii. ix. 272 The city-republics of Italy, the urban cantons of Switzerland, and some of the Free Imperial cities of Germany were..able to control an extensive hinterland. < as lemmas |
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