imperial city
noun
1
: a city (as Rome) that is the seat of empire
2
: a city that is an immediate vassal of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Word History
First Known Use
1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- saint-errant
- saint-errants
- Saint-Eustache
- saint-françois
- Saint-Gaudens
- Saint-Georges
- Saint-Germain
- saint-germain-en-laye
- Saint-Hubert
- Saint-Hyacinthe
- saint-ja
- Saint-Jacob's-dipper
- Saint-James's-lily
- Saint-Jean, Lake
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- saint-jean-sur-ri
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- saint-jo
- Saint-John's-wort
- Saint-John's-wort family
- Saint-Joseph's-lily
- Saint-Just
- Saint-Jérôme
- Saint-Laurent
- saint-lou