- (n.) The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.
- (n.) The policy, practice or advocacy of seeking or acquiescing in, the extension of the control, dominion or empire of a nation, as by the acquirement of new, especially distant, territory or dependencies or by the closer union of parts more or less independent of each other for operations of war, copyright, internal commerce, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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