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Imperial   /ɪmpˈɪriəl/   Listen
adjective
Imperial  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict. "The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome."
2.
Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. "The imperial democracy of Athens." "Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an imperial voice." "To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." "He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle."
3.
Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
Imperial bushel, Imperial gallon, etc. See Bushel, Gallon, etc.
Imperial chamber, the, the sovereign court of the old German empire.
Imperial city, under the first German empire, a city having no head but the emperor.
Imperial diet, an assembly of all the states of the German empire.
Imperial drill. (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill.
Imperial eagle. (Zool.) See Eagle.
Imperial green. See Paris green, under Green.
Imperial guard, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.
Imperial weights and measures, the standards legalized by the British Parliament.


noun
Imperial  n.  
1.
The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
2.
An outside seat on a diligence.
3.
A luggage case on the top of a coach.
4.
Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drawing, printing, or writing paper, etc.
5.
A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
6.
A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
7.
A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations of cards which score in this game.





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... difficult on account of the narrowness of the stream and its exceedingly sinuous course. Frequently the steamer had to be towed by a line passed on shore and fastened round a tree. At Tien-Tsin the travelers landed, and witnessed a review of some imperial cavalry regiments mounted upon Tartar ponies, with high saddles and short stirrups. The warriors wore queues and were dressed in long robes. Their moustaches gave them, however, a fierce martial air, and they were armed with English sabres and ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 30. September, 1873 • Various
... Goodness, to-day when we were coming home from the Imperial Festival, we met Viktor in M. Street, but unfortunately he did not see us. He was in full-dress uniform and was walking with 3 other officers whom neither I nor Hella know. We were frightfully angry because he did not recognise us; Hella thinks it can only be because we were both ...
— A Young Girl's Diary • An Anonymous Young Girl
... down before the Puritan force. Still, though he would be a bold man who could attempt to excuse—much less to justify—the barbarities that took place, it may be doubted whether all the Cromwellian outrages put together equalled a single one of those which the Imperial troops had committed during the war which had been raging for thirty years in Germany—such for instance as the sacking of Magdeburg. It is estimated, however, that about 600,000 people (of whom 500,000 were of the Irish race and 100,000 of the English) perished by the sword, pestilence or ...
— Is Ulster Right? • Anonymous
... the prefect trebled it fifty times. Better than that, better than all the imperial revenues from the first year of the first Caesar—I will make this race to humble my enemy. Vengeance is permitted ...
— Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ • Lew Wallace
... imperial cheese. One pound Ceylon tea. One three-quarter pound tin ground coffee. One four-pound tin granulated sugar. Two tins ox tongue. One tin oxford sausage. Two tins sardines. Two tins kippered herrings. Three tins deviled ham ...
— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon


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