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KINGS |
Emperors |
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OTTOS |
German emperors |
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KAISERS |
German emperors |
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TSARS |
Pre-Soviet emperors |
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CAESARS |
Roman emperors |
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CAESAR |
Title of Roman emperors |
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POTSDAM |
Former German emperors home city |
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NAPOLEON |
The name of three French emperors |
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LEGATE |
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province. |
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CROWN |
A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors,
kings, princes, etc. |
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ACACIA |
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine
emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. |
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KAISER |
The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King
William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in
1871. |
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SICCA |
A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the
silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192
grains. |
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PROCURATOR |
A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one
who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the
procurator of Judea. |
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GHIBELLINE |
One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th
centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs,
or adherents of the poses. |
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GUELF |
One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th
centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and
opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors. |
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PORPHYROGENITISM |
The principle of succession in royal families,
especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if
born after the accession... |
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EXARCH |
A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the
Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several
monasteries; in th... |
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EDICT |
...wer; the
proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very
act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emper... |
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PURPLE |
...olor;
especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority;
specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the
... |