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imperatorial, a.|ɪmpɛrəˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. L. imperātōri-us, f. imperātor (see prec.) + -al1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting an imperator, emperor, or commander; imperial.
imperatorial province, a province of the ancient Roman empire, of which the Cæsar was himself the proconsul, the administration being by a legatus with prætorian power.
1660Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661) 15 St. Peter attributes to his Majesty the Imperatorial Title of Supream. a1806Macartney Wks. I. 153 (Jod.) It calls for an unusual term in our language, an imperatorial control. 1823De Quincey Lett. Educ. iv. Wks. 1860 XIV. 77 A speech of imperatorial grandeur. 1832–4― Cæsars ibid. X. 228 note, In the imperatorial provinces, where the governor bore the title of Proprætor. 1878Seeley Stein II. 470 He was an imperatorial, a kingly man.
†2. Of or pertaining to absolute command; imperative. Obs.
1690Norris Beatitudes (1692) 241 Moses deliver'd his Law after an Imperatorial way, saying, Thou shalt not do this.
Hence imperaˈtorially adv., in an imperatorial way; as an emperor.
1839De Quincey Casuistry Wks. VIII. 277 note, He provided..ropes of purple and of gold intertwisted, that he might hang himself imperatorially. |