| 单词 | state within a state |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate within a (also the) state P18. state within a (also the) state [compare post-classical Latin imperium in imperio imperium in imperio n.] : an organization, group of people, territory, etc., existing within a body politic but exercising independence from it; often with negative connotations, suggesting that the higher authority is being usurped, undermined, or flouted. ΚΠ 1602 W. Watson tr. A. Arnauld Le Franc Discours 24 This is (my liege) in good French, to erect another state within the state [Fr. bastir vn autre estat dans vostre estat], and another kingdome within your kingdom. a1645 W. Laud Hist. Troubles (1695) 165 But by this favour, which that Church received, it grew up..till it became a Church within a Church, and a kind of State within a State. 1798 Monthly Mag. Suppl. No. 40. 549/2 Their [sc. the Hebrews'] internal government was carried on after the manner of pastoral nations; a family obeyed the father; a tribe the hereditary tribe-prince: and thus they formed a state within the state, which at length..excited the jealousy of the Egyptian kings. 1842 S. Laing Notes of Traveller vii. 195 No such state within a state, as a church power independent of the civil power, can exist without a derangement of all the movements of society. 1884 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 8 Mar. 8/2 Every large English town..is imperium in imperio: a state within the state. 1938 Ken (Chicago) 7 Apr. 46/2 The Intelligence Service of the Foreign Office is a state within a state, virtually Britain's second, secret Government. 1976 W. Z. Laqueur Guerrilla Warfare iv. 183 The Macedonians had virtually established a state within a state, collecting taxes, even running their own ‘revolutionary postal service’. 2002 Time 3 June 40/2 The fighting in Afghanistan, where al-Qaeda had become a state within a state. < as lemmas |
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