imperium in imperio

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The populace of the country was now organized, and an imperium in imperio formed, which, from its privacy and the numbers of which it consisted, was truly alarming.

From The Causes of the Rebellion in Ireland Disclosed In an Address to the People of England, in Which It Is Proved by Incontrovertible Facts, That the System for Some Years Pursued in That Country, Has Driven It into Its Present Dreadful Situation by Anonymous

Paying no taxes, they become independent of the state, an imperium in imperio, a power rivaling that of organized society itself.

From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.

In the public place were rows of booths arranged in streets forming imperium in imperio, a town within a town. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Without breaking with the popular religious forms the mysteries constructed their own forms, chose their members, and created a religious imperium in imperio.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

Each Province, as in every genuine Federation, is an imperium in imperio, possessing a Constitution of its own, and delegating central powers to a Federal Government.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine