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Webster 1913 Edition
Imperial
Im-pe′ri-al
,Adj.
[OE.
emperial
, OF. emperial
, F. impérial
, fr. L. imperialis
, fr. imperium
command, sovereignty, empire. See Empire
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor;
as, an
imperial
government; imperial
authority or edict.The last
That wore the
That wore the
imperial
diadem of Rome. Shakespeare
2.
Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
“The imperial democracy of Athens.” Mitford.
Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns
With an
With an
imperial
voice. Shakespeare
To tame the proud, the fetter’d slave to free,
These are
These are
imperial
arts, and worthy thee. Dryden.
He sounds his
imperial
clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett.
3.
Of superior or unusual size or excellence;
as,
imperial
paper; imperial
tea, etc.Imperial bushel
, gallon
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.
Im-pe′ri-al
,Noun.
[F.
impériale
: cf. Sp. imperial
.] 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.
T. Hughes.
3.
A luggage case on the top of a coach.
Simmonds.
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.
McElrath.
6.
A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imperial
IMPE'RIAL
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as an imperial government; an imperial diadem; imperial authority or edict; imperial power or sway.2.
Royal; belonging to a monarch; as an imperial palace; imperial arts.3.
Pertaining to royalty; denoting sovereignty.4.
Commanding; maintaining supremacy; as the imperial democracy of Athens.Imperial chamber, the sovereign court of the German empire.
Imperial city, a city in Germany which has no head but the emperor.
Imperial diet,an assembly of all the states of the German empire.