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Majority leaders in the Senate, on the other hand, weren’t even conceived of until 1920, let alone did they wield such imperatorial powers.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2019

Duties of every kind fell to his station, which, from the peculiar constitution of the government, and from circumstances rooted in the very origin of the imperatorial office, could not be devolved upon a council.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas

I wished him not to be elated by too much prosperity; I warned him against assuming heroic imperatorial airs, and cocking his laurels too jauntily over his ear.

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Where, again, will you find a more adequate expression of the Roman majesty, than in the saying of Trajan—Imperatorem oportere stantem mori—that Cæsar ought to die standing; a speech of imperatorial grandeur!

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

Whereas, in the imperatorial provinces, where the governor bore the title of Proprætor, there was provision made for a military establishment; and as to duration, the office was regulated entirely by the emperor's pleasure.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas