English Explanatory Dictionary

translatio imperii

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

translatio imperii

Etymology

Latin, literally "transfer of rule".

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