imperial authority

collocation in English

meaningsofimperialandauthority

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imperial
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpɪə.ri.əl/us
/ɪmˈpɪr.i.əl/
belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country that ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofimperialandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the one hand, the heir performed in his father's scenario and regarded his father as the embodiment ofimperialauthority.
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Toleration was merely the means to an objective, in this case, the establishment ofimperialauthority.
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In the colonial context the goal of the colonizer, orimperialauthority, is precisely and unabashedly to learn about, or rather construct, the identity of those to be ruled.
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Martyn achieved iconic status in his own time because his story linked the domestic and the heroic, duty and romance, self-renunciation andimperialauthority.
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It was a tax imposed byimperialauthority, enforced by imperial power.
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The truth of the matter is that local authorities can borrow money a good deal cheaper than theimperialauthoritycan.
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That has never happened before with a greatimperialauthority.
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Some regions claimed by animperialauthorityhave been large, yet arid and very sparsely populated lands without much administrative control whatsoever.
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Each carried the logic of hisimperialauthorityas far as it could go.
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During the course of the 8th century, however,imperialauthoritywas gradually extended to the interior.
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They were immune fromimperialauthoritybecause of their remoteness, which gave these free communities time to grow and organise their military potential.
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Since theimperialauthoritydid not assert the power that it had, the colonists were left to govern themselves.
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Surviving old palatine counties were turned into new institutional pillars through which theimperialauthoritycould be exercised.
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From his presence allimperialauthorityflowed, both civil and military.
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The government was able to provide unity for a vast area through a combination of local autonomy andimperialauthority.
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The cities lost the strict rank to size hierarchy imposed byimperialauthorityand grew according to their economic and military functions.
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All rebellions were ultimately put down, but at enormous cost and with many casualties, seriously weakening the centralimperialauthority.
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Sgouros had exploited the feebleness ofimperialauthority, and like many other provincial magnates proceeded to carve out his own principality.
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The legal and papyrological sources record how both landowners and the imperial authorities responded to this situation.
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Wellesley wanted to make a statement to theimperialauthorityand power and so the building was done on a grand scale.
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