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Definition of Imperator
1. n. A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.
Definition of Imperator
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Medical Definition of Imperator
1. A commander; a leader; an emperor; originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor. Origin: L. See Emperor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperator
Literary usage of Imperator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Historical Society (1842)
"AD 1230. runt ; veniens enim Romam dictus imperator absolutus est, ... Comederunt
ergo simul magnus sacerdos et maximus imperator in palatio Minimi ..."
2. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1875)
"The military command-in-chief, with thn title of imperator prefixed to his name.
2. The functions of the Censorship, but without Ihe title. 3. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"Sea of Japan. a, b. Adult: stuffed. 27. Holacanthus imperator. ... 370, p. 479.
f. 418; Ruysch, Coll. Schn. p. 217. Holacanthus imperator ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This public title of imperator was normally conferred by the senate; and an
emperor normally dates his reign from the day of his salutation by the seriate. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and that name has survived to the present time, although Peter the Great again
changed the title and assumed the Latin name imperator (Emperor). ..."
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