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imperial

adjective (EMPIRE)
 
 
/ɪmˈpɪə.ri.əl/ US  /-ˈpɪr.i-/

Definition

belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country that rules it: Imperial China Britain's imperial past the Imperial palace imperial grandeurColonisation and self-government
(Definition of imperial adjective (EMPIRE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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