“The Ottoman empire was collapsing, and lands taken from them would be divided up among the victorious powers.”

“Johnson began to expand his publishing empire by launching a myriad of publications.”

“He took command of the government and proclaimed himself emperor.”

“The emperor sent an evasive reply and, upon crossing the border, made sure that the echage marched on his right.”

“If I went round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!”

“Can it lay the ghost of the Roman imperium and become something other than a male gerontocracy?”

“New pastures full of scarecrows and glistening barbed razor wire and crisscrossing pipelines pumping petrodollars into the pockets of imperium.”

“There is Latin itself, which ultimately failed to outlive the imperium and which slowly transmuted into the vernacular Romance languages.”

“Despite the downfall of their empire, Queen Elizabeth II retained her inherent imperiality and commanded respect worldwide.”

“Politically the excluded Augustan Period is the paradigm of imperiality, and yet the style cannot be bundled with either the Silver Age or with Late Latin.”

“The emperor's empery over the vast empire was unchallenged, granting him absolute dominion and control.”

“They seemed to be saying, defiantly perhaps, that they could cry if they would, but they had other modes of empery.”

“A lady So fair, and fastened to an empery, Would make the great'st king double.”

“A bewigged Quebecois gives us a history lesson on imperialism in politics and the cinema.”

“Neither imperialism nor colonialism is a simple act of accumulation and acquisition.”

“Nor should this be seen purely as a matter of cultural imperialism or ethnocentric prejudice.”

“There is an imperiousness about Romney that comes across when he is challenged.”

“The lead story of every court session has been his demeanor, his defiance, his imperiousness.”

“There was an imperiousness in the lawyer's tone which was almost irresistible.”

“She was an executive woman, quick of tongue and something of an imperatrix.”

“After this schism it became fully independent and is today in the rare situation of being headed by a female, an 85 year old Imperatrix.”

“In some documents of this period she is identified as an Imperatrix.”

“In this way, the astronomical clock and the water mill became two different embodiments of the same emperorship in science.”

“When he died unexpectedly at age 68, a brutal competition for the emperorship broke out among his sons.”

“France was in those years ruled by an adventurer who was convinced that he could preserve his emperorship only by fresh military victories.”

“But when they paraded the old man through the streets and the crowds likewise hailed him as imperator, the die was cast.”

“He wore the robe, crown, and scepter of a triumphant general and used the title imperator.”

“Augustus Caesar had been imperator of the Roman Empire for more than twenty years.”

“They are the stuff of inquisitions, imperialisms, gulags, and concentration camps.”

“The American working class, however, cannot align itself with either faction in this struggle among the imperialists.”

“This did not mean that the Bolsheviks were simply old-style imperialists whose commitment to national self-determination was fraudulent.”

“Empire builders supreme, capitalists extraordinaire, imperialists par excellence, these are the criteria by which they govern.”

“But since she had known Imperia she had comprehended how such a miracle might be.”

“I'm a total Italiophile, so my Imperia pasta machine is pretty much always in use.”

“But Imperia was not deceived though she feigned to believe Agostino's protestations.”

“Are the crown imperials just like the other spring bulbs where they need to die naturally before cutting to the ground?”

“Many new tulips are sporting boldly variegated leaves, as are crown imperials, camassias, and irises.”

“Products include chocolate coated raisins, peanuts and Brazil nuts as well as mint imperials, popcorn, mini-eggs and sugar-coated almonds.”

“He held the prestigious position of kapellmeister to the emperors Maximilian II and Rudolf II in Vienna and Prague from 1568 until his death.”

“Kings and the emperors adopted the new religion of equality, ahimsa, and compassion.”

“To prevent further adventuring, these emperors made it a capital offense to build a boat with more than two masts.”

“Amid the ruin of the City of Dreams, Mehmed imbibed a valuable lesson about the twilight of nations, empires and kingdoms.”

“Bosnia took on a special significance as the boundary region between the two empires.”

“Along it, empires, kingdoms, and colonial realms have been plunged into war and bloodshed.”