Imperiality

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imperiality \Im*pe`ri*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Imperialities}.
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     1. Imperial power.
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     2. An imperial right or privilegs. See {Royalty}.


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              The late empress having, by ukases of grace,
              relinquished her imperialities on the private mines,
              viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and
              gold.                                 --W. Tooke.
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