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

They formed an imperium in imperio, but did not aim, at this time, to reach political power.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

The commercial concessions which Clive had forced from him gave the English an imperium in imperio.

From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce

The existence of an imperium in imperio which comes between them and their people is of course distasteful to the mandarins; and they are bent on curtailing its privileges.

From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)

Being picked men, and united, they each form an imperium in imperio in the large societies much used by ambitious collegians.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various