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imperiality|ɪmpɪərɪˈælɪtɪ|
Also 6 emperyalite, 7 imperialitie.
[f. imperial a. + -ity.]
†1. Imperial rank, power, or authority. Obs.
1534Whitinton Tullyes Offices iii. (1540) 163 Manlius added more dayes to occupy the roume of his dictature or emperyalite than was due by the law. 1611Florio, Imperialità, Empiry, Imperiality. 1629tr. Herodian (1635) 5 They..were..deposed from their Imperialitie.
2. As a humorous title for an emperor or imperial personage; also collectively = imperial personages (cf. royalty).
1870Dickens Lett. III. 298 That the wind will pass over his Imperiality on the sands of France I have not the slightest doubt. 1878Ouida Friendsh. II. x. 118 They should not educate Royalties and Imperialities: they are much nicer when they can only say How-do.
¶ Erroneously. An imperial right or privilege.
In Webster 1828, with misprinted quot. from Tooke, in which the correct word is imperialty, q.v. Hence copied into later Dicts. |