different between imperium vs confederacy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imper? (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Doublet of empery and empire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p???i.?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p??i.?m/

Noun

imperium (countable and uncountable, plural imperia or imperiums)

1. Supreme power; dominion.
2. The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty.

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Danish

Alternative forms

• imperie

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em?pe???i?m/

Noun

imperium n (singular definite imperiet, plural indefinite imperier)

1. empire

References

• “imperium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?pe?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: im?pe?ri?um

Noun

imperium n (plural imperia, diminutive imperiumpje n)

1. empire

   Synonyms: keizerrijk, rijk

2. business empire

Related terms

• imperiaal

Latin

Alternative forms

• inperium

Etymology

From imper? (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + par? (“prepare, arrange; intend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im?pe.ri.um/, [?m?p??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im?pe.ri.um/, [im?p???ium]

Noun

imperium n (genitive imperi? or imper?); second declension

1. The empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion.
2. The right or power to command or be in control; dominion.
3. Absolute command over the empire (or other polity); sovereignty; sway.

   Synonym: dici?

4. (military) Military authority, the command (of an army).
5. The exercise of authority, rule, law, control, sovereignty.

   Synonyms: dici?, praescr?ptum, r?gula

6. A command, order, direction, bidding.

   Synonyms: ?dicti?, ?dictum, praeceptum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• imperium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• imperium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• imperium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• imperium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imperium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Noun

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperier, definite plural imperia or imperiene)

1. an empire

References

• “imperium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?pe?ri?m/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

imperium n (definite singular imperiet, indefinite plural imperium, definite plural imperia)

1. empire

References

• “imperium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperium, used in Swedish since 1845.

Noun

imperium n

1. an empire (a state ruled by an emperor or czar)

   Synonyms: kejsardöme, kejsarrike, rike, stormaktsvälde

2. an empire (a huge state or similar sphere of power)

Declension

Related terms

References

• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• imperium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Alternative forms

• confœderacy

Etymology

Anglo-Norman confederacie, from Latin confoederatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?f?d???si/

Noun

confederacy (plural confederacies)

1. An alliance.
2. (politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
3. Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.

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