单词 | imperiality |
释义 | imperialityn. 1. Imperial rank, power, or authority. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > imperial authority imperya1400 imperialityc1450 imperialty1602 imperium1613 c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 3 (MED) Alle nacions were putt vndir his imperialite and comaundement. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. X.4 Manlius added more dayes to occupy the roume of his dictature or emperyalite [L. dictaturam] than was due by the lawe. 1629 J. Maxwell tr. Herodian Hist. i. Introd. 6 The were..deposed from their Imperialitie. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxvi. 452 Now this the Chancellour does to shew the just Imperiality of the Crown of England. 1729 tr. P. Gilles Antiq. Constantinople 55 They had also other Marks of Imperiality and Honour conferr'd upon them. 1799 T. Swift Hear Him! 10 Nor could the King of England delegate that power to the King of Ireland: the imperiality cannot pass over, or abate. 1846 Southern Cultivator Oct. 158/1 The destruction of the Gracchi..led the way to the alternate triumphs of Marius and Sylla, which introduced those of Caesar, and then intervened the well known imperiality of Rome. 1891 T. L. Harris New Republic 22 Leo XIII is bondsman under his papacy:..Alexander III is a slave under his imperiality. 1907 Amer. Hist. Mag. Nov. 516 Does not this seem to be an attempt to make up for an invalidity of real title by excessive protestation of imperiality? 2007 P. Camiller tr. H. Münkler Empires ii. 46 If we take interference in the internal affairs of smaller states as the only hallmark of imperiality, [etc.]. 2. Chiefly in plural. An imperial person. Cf. royalty n. 3.In quot. 1839 as a mass noun: imperial persons collectively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] kaserc888 Kaiserc1225 emperora1393 imperator1590 imperial1594 imperiality1839 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > specifically an emperor imperiality1839 Kaisership1848 1839 Sporting Rev. July 50 To the accustomed home-supply of Royalty, we had an import of Imperiality from the banks of the Neva. 1846 New Monthly Mag. Sept. 412 The young Imperialities go through the whole course of strict drill, and laborious professional training, which is exacted from the meanest of the corps. 1878 ‘Ouida’ Friendship II. x. 118 They should not educate Royalties and Imperialities: they are much nicer when they can only say How-do. 1919 Internat. Studio May 15 (advt.) Mrs. Maud..had every opportunity to study the Imperialities and their entourage from the inside. 1996 W. H. Gass Finding Form iii. 146 Aristocrats..including actual imperialities such as the Crown Prince Rudolf himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450 |
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