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What is the difference between imperium and empire?

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Empire is a related term of imperium.

Empire is a descendant of imperium.



As nouns the difference between imperium and empire

is that imperium is supreme power; dominion while empire is a political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

imperium

English

(wikipedia imperium)

Noun

  • Supreme power; dominion.
  • The right to command the force of the state, sovereignty.

    • See also

    * imperial ----

    empire

    English

    (wikipedia empire)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.
  • A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
  • A state ruled by an emperor.
  • An expansive and wealthy corporation.
    • the McDonald's fast food empire

    Related terms

    * emperor * imperial * imperium

    Derived terms

    * American Empire * British Empire * First French Empire * German Empire * Holy Roman Empire * Portuguese Empire * Roman Empire * Second French Empire * Spanish Empire * empirehood * global empire * colonial empire

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