imperium in imperio
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In theory and to a considerable extent in practice, the Brahmans and their gods are not an imperium in imperio but an imperium super imperium.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
From this usurpation is formed the almost insurmountable barrier against human liberty, "the imperium in imperio," or the visionary empire of supernaturalism within, and either confederate with, or independent of, the secular empire.
From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan
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 Church, in the Latitudinarian view was thus either the creature of the state or an imperium in imperio; but Leslie would not admit that fruitful stumbling block to the debate.
From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Laski, Harold Joseph
The leaders of the organization formed a "Council of Colonels," meeting at the Casino Espagnol, and forming a sort of imperium in imperio.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
