Imperatör'Ia, s

[Lat., fem. sing. of imper at or i us pertaining to a general. Named by Linnæus from its supposed forceful medicinal virtues.] Bot.: A sub-genus of Peucedanum (q. v.). IMG:content-1506.png:[blocks in formation] from imperator .] [EMPEROR.] 1. Commanding; imperative; authoritative; with command. "Moses delivered this law after an imperatorial way." -Norris: On the Beatitudes , p. 239. 2. Of or pertaining to the office or title of imperator; as, imperatorial laurels. *Im-per-a-tör-i-an, a . [Eng., ., imperator ; -ian.] Imperial. ( Gauden : Tears of the Church, 143.)