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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Imperador retirado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ĩ.pe.ɾaˈdoɾ ʁe.tʃiˈɾa.du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Retired Emperor/rɪˈtaɪ.ərd ˈɛm.pər.ər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O imperador retirado mantinha forte influência política."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An emperor who has voluntarily abdicated the throne but continues to exercise political or religious influence behind the scenes, specifically referring to the Japanese cloistered emperors.

    "The retired emperor exerted considerable influence over court politics even after entering the Buddhist priesthood."
  2. 2

    Any former reigning monarch who has stepped down from active governance.

    "Historians studied how the retired emperor maintained his power base."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the historical Japanese system 'kōken-in seido', combining the English participle 'retired' (from Old French retirer) and 'emperor' (from Latin imperator via Old French). The concept originates from medieval Japanese political practice where a monarch abdicated in favor of an heir but retained de facto cloistered rule.

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