translatio imperii

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Latin, literally "transfer of rule".

Noun[edit]

translatio imperii (uncountable)

  1. The view, originating in the Middle Ages, that history is a linear succession of transfers of an imperium that invests supreme power in a single ruler.
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