Thesaurus: imperial

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1. a. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
2. a. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
3. a. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
4. n. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
5. n. An outside seat on a diligence.
6. n. A luggage case on the top of a coach.
7. n. 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.
8. n. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
9. n. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
10. adj. relating to or associated with an empire
11. adj. of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
12. adj. befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress