Word Meanings - IMPERATORIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Commanding; imperative; authoritative. 2. Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator. "Imperatorial laurels." C. Merivale.

Related words: (words related to IMPERATORIAL)

• TITLELESS
  Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
• TITLED
  Having or bearing a title.
• TITLER
  A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• COMMANDATORY
  Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.
• IMPERATORIAL
  1. Commanding; imperative; authoritative. 2. Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator. "Imperatorial laurels." C. Merivale.
• COMMANDO
  In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• TITLE-PAGE
  The page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.
• COMMANDEER
  To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers. 2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of.
• COMMANDMENT
  One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. 3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak. (more info) 1. An order or injunction given
• COMMANDINGLY
  In a commanding manner.
• COMMANDABLE
  Capable of being commanded.
• COMMANDRY
  See COMMANDERY
• COMMANDER
  An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. 3. The chief officer of a commandery. 4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. Commander in chief, the military title of
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• IMPERATIVE
  Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood. (more info) pref. im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. impératif. See 1. Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• AUTHORITATIVE
  1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. The sacred functions of authoritative teaching. Barrow. 2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• UNTITLED
  1. Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction. Spenser. 2. Being without title or right; not entitled. Shak.
• CATCH TITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
• INAUTHORITATIVE
  Without authority; not authoritative.