Definition of Imperial

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Imperial

Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.

Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.

The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

An outside seat on a diligence.

A luggage case on the top of a coach.

Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.

A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.

A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

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Imperial Quotations

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
Elizabeth II

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.
Bobby Sands

On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was summoned to the Imperial Palace I thought I would be questioned on the army's point of view.
Hideki Tojo

At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States.
Hideki Tojo

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.
Elizabeth I

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.
William Jennings Bryan

But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring into it a policy of genocide against the Chechens, and cannot kill journalists, and it cannot repress the mass media.
Zbigniew Brzezinski

Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.
John Lothrop Motley

It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.
John Amery

The Supreme Court of the United States is hereby commanded to try Andrew Johnson for usurpation of our Imperial authority and prerogatives, and if found guilty, behead him or send him here to black the Emperor's boots.
Joshua A. Norton

Imperial Translations

imperial in German is kaiserlich
imperial in Norwegian is keiserlig
imperial in Spanish is imperial
imperial in Swedish is kejserlig

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