2. Noun. (plural of imperium) ¹
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Definition of Imperia
1. imperium [n] - See also: imperium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperia
Literary usage of Imperia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guides Italian Riviera: San Remo, Portofino & Genoa by Amy Finley (2006)
"... Imperia The paired villages of Porto Maurizio and Oneglia - merged to create
the town of Imperia in 1923 - present a microcosm of the tensions and ..."
2. Saturday Night Sketches: Stories of Old Wiregrass Georgia by John Lewis Herring (1918)
"Imperia! You will not go! You will not go! (Imperia enters the house. ...
Imperia.—To achieve anything in life we must destroy reality, and thrust aside the ..."
3. The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, Its Growth, and Its Fall 421-1797 by William Carew Hazlitt (1900)
"... Houses—Inoperative legislation against it—Link with Prostitution—Earliest
direct clue to a brothel (1371)—Montaigne as a Witness—Who was his Imperia ? ..."
4. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"the house of Imperia, a courtesan, we find " stools and cushion (see Middleton's
Works, 8vo, 1840, i. 275). In 1611, chairs we used in private houses, ..."
5. The Golden Days of the Renaissance in Rome: From the Pontificate of Julius by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1906)
"... they could be seen sharing the same seats and receiving the same welcome in
churches, in public gatherings, and in The church where Imperia was buried. ..."
6. The Broad Stone of Honour: Or, The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry by Kenelm Henry Digby (1846)
"The general saying was, " Stant imperia pre~ cibus mazis piorum quam militum
gladiis." " Souvenez vous," said the constable Du Guesclin, when he was dying, ..."
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