From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Government, Measurement, Mathsimperialim‧pe‧ri‧al /ɪmˈpɪəriəl $ -ˈpɪr-/ adjective [only before noun]1PGCOUNTRY/NATIONrelating to an empire or to the person who rules itBritain’s imperial expansion in the 19th century2TMrelating to the system of weights and measurements based on pounds, inches, miles etcExamples from the Corpusimperial• Without a territorial base the papacy could not be independent of imperial and other influences.• The second, the Code, consisted of the imperialconstitutions and edicts.• History is full of attempts at imperialdomination.• Perhaps the sight of his footlocker had provoked her-a white man moving in to bombard the local ovaries with blue-eyed imperialgenes.• Those who favour a depiction of the fortunes of the imperial house have to reckon with the difficulty of recognising Augustus.• the imperialjewels• Second, it shows how in antiquity an absoluteimperialmonarch used the arts to bolster his rule.• Unlike many of his time Charlemagne had the skill of writing, as in his imperialsignature on a documentdated 775.• But he would not break with tradition, for he knew that innovation would bring down his imperialstructure.Originimperial(1300-1400)FrenchLate Latinimperialis, from Latinimperium"command, empire"