imperium in imperio
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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 clergy had held for many centuries an imperium in imperio.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
But after 1559 it became more than a party; it became an imperium in imperio.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
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
They form a kind of imperium in imperio.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
