Definition for IM-PE-RI-AL'I-TY

IM-PE-RI-AL'I-TY, n.

  1. Imperial power.
  2. The right of an emperor to a share of the produce of mines, &c. The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her imperialities on the private mines, viz the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold. Tooke.

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