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- Imperial - a. - Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
- Imperial - a. - Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
- Imperial - a. - Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
- Imperial - n. - The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
- Imperial - n. - An outside seat on a diligence.
- Imperial - n. - A luggage case on the top of a coach.
- Imperial - n. - Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.
- Imperial - n. - A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
- Imperial - n. - A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
- Imperialism - n. - The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.
- Imperialist - n. - One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.
- Imperialities - pl. - of Imperiality
- Imperiality - n. - Imperial power.
- Imperiality - n. - An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.
- Imperialize - v. t. - To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.
- Imperialized - imp. & p. p. - of Imperialize
- Imperializing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Imperialize
- Imperially - adv. - In an imperial manner.
- Imperially - n. - Imperial power.
- Eagle - n. - Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
- Sceptre - n. - Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
- Ukase - n. - In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.
- Imperially - adv. - In an imperial manner.
- Varangian - n. - One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.
- Archduchess - n. - The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.
- Crown - n. - The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.
- Vedro - n. - A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons.
- Recess - n. - A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
- Imperial - a. - Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
- Avoyer - n. - A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
- Imperial - a. - Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
- Hectolitre - n. - A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2/ Winchester bushels.
- Purple - n. - Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
- Tut - n. - An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
- Procurator - n. - A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea.
- Anker - n. - A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons.
- Muchkin - n. - A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint.
- Archduke - n. - A prince of the imperial family of Austria.
- Imperialize - v. t. - To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.
- Firlot - n. - A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.
- Imperiality - n. - An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.
- Purple - n. - Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
- Vat - n. - A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
- Ferula - n. - The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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