1. imperial - Noun
2. imperial - Adjective
3. imperial - Adjective Satellite
4. Imperial - Proper noun
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
An outside seat on a diligence.
A luggage case on the top of a coach.
Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.
A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFair tresses man's imperial race insnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. Alexander Pope
There's this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent. But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went. Ani DiFranco
The success of our surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will prove to be the Waterloo of the war to follow. For this reason the Imperial Navy is massing the cream of its strength in ships and planes to assure success. Chuichi Nagumo
We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) Edward Said
Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure. Frances Burney
According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her all-pervading virtue, and from whom our Imperial House is descended. Sadao Araki