imperium

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Provincial governors had imperium, or jurisdiction over a territory or military legion.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

If nations are to save us from the imperium, one would expect them to operate differently from the nations of today.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Poland, among other European states with experience of life in the Soviet imperium, expressed alarm.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2022

Born into the stifling oppression of the Soviet imperium, Christo — whose full name was Christo Vladimirov Javacheff — always had one core guiding idea: the inalienability of freedom.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021

Dictatorially extending Andean verticality, the imperium shuttled people and materiel in and out of every Andean crevice.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann