Definition of "imperia" [imperia]

• Plural of imperium. (noun)

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• "When he comes to the words “curvat imperia”, about half-way through, the deacon stops singing, takes the five grains of incense, and inserts them in the holes in the candle, in the form of a Cross; these represent the five wounds of Christ."
• "To violate that principle and create governments within a government imperia in imperio would inevitably bring conflicts of authority and, ultimately, civil war."
• "Prabhat Patnaik equates globalization with imperia..."