imperium

Absolute rule; supreme power.

A sphere of power or dominion; an empire.

In Roman antiquity, a military chief command; specifically, the authority to command the national military forces, conferred by a special law upon a general or upon the governor of a province. See imperator.

Empire; an empire

Supreme power; absolute dominion; empire.

The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws. It is one of the principal attributes of the executive power.

Supreme power; dominion.

The right to command the force of the state, sovereignty.

supreme authority; absolute dominion

the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised