Imperial
Imperial is an adjective and, less commonly, a noun used to describe things related to an empire or to an emperor. It can refer to the authority, history, institutions, or symbols associated with imperial rule. The term often appears in discussions of governance, law, or military power within or across empires, and in phrases such as imperial policy, imperial ceremony, or imperial symbolism. In some contexts, imperial can denote a state modeled on or aiming to imitate an empire.
Etymology traces imperial to the Latin imperialis, from imperium, meaning command or empire. The word has been
Historically, imperial is used to describe the governance or era of empires, such as Imperial Rome, Imperial
In measurement, the Imperial system (or Imperial units) refers to a set of customary units used in
Imperial appears in the names of institutions and brands (for example, Imperial College London or Imperial