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单词 impery
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imperyn.

Forms: Middle English imperi, Middle English imperiye, Middle English–1600s imperie, 1500s imperye, 1500s–1600s impery.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: classical Latin imperium.
Etymology: < classical Latin imperium imperium n.; compare -y suffix4. Compare earlier empery n., empire n.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Imperial or supreme rule, power, or authority; dominion, sovereignty; command. Cf. empery n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > [noun] > imperial authority
imperya1400
imperialityc1450
imperialty1602
imperium1613
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22269 Sua sal cristen kingrik fine, And alsua of þe Imperi [Gött. impire, Fairf. empire] of rome.
?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) ii. pr. vi. 40 Thikke dignite þat men clepyn the Imperiye of consulers..yowre eldres coueiteden to han don a-way þat dignite for the pride of the consulers.
1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. 210v And in this tyme many women done excuse the wantones of theyr aray: by the imperie and wyll of theyr housbondes.
1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe vi, in Early Writings (1843) 48 Him that had the imperie and dominion of death, to say, the devil.
1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church 118 As for the Bishops..they have superiority but no Impery.
1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 36 Hath God this impery over us?
1690 W. Denton Some Remarks recommended unto Ecclesiasticks of All Perswasions 7 So active is the Zeal of Priests of enlarging their own Phylacteries, their Greatness and Impery, that they make no Bones of wresting and perverting any Scripture, Old or New, to make it serve their turns.
b. A command, an order. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command
wordOE
behestc1175
commandmentc1250
precepta1325
mandementc1325
saw1338
hotea1350
biddinga1400
highta1400
judgementc1405
order1543
imperea1546
command1552
shall?1553
impery1561
mandate1576
mandition1597
imperative1606
fiata1631
mitzvah1723
order of the day1804
hukum1838
prikaz1858
1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens 1 At ease he doothe myne imperies [L. imperia] fulfyll.
2. An empire. Cf. empery n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule
empirea1350
emperality1543
impery1549
empery1550
1549 J. Leland Laboryouse Journey sig. Dvv So shall your Maiestie haue thys your worlde and impery of Englande so sett fourthe in a quadrate table of syluer.
1582 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Pt. Harmony King Dauids Harp 114 A great miracle is the conseruation perpetuall of the Church amidst so great downfals and deuastations of Imperies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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