 | 1844 - 888 Seiten
...sovereign power is lodged in representatives elected by the people." — Webster, 1845. "Republic: That form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people, or in representatives elected by the people. A republic may be either a democracy or an aristocracy... | |
 | William Bolles - 1845 - 954 Seiten
...n. A load noise ; a violent and continued DIN. d!u'. rt. To stun with noise. DINARCHY, di'nlrkA ». A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons. DINE, di'n, r/'. To eat tlie chief meal about the middle of the day. DINE, di'n. vt. To... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1846 - 254 Seiten
...heathenish, and therefore that the Universities were needless. (1653.) What is meant by a Commonwealth ? A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people. Who was Otto de Guerick? yiona A German philosopher, who invented the air pump. (1602—1686.) 78.... | |
 | John Rowbotham - 1848 - 132 Seiten
...Ar'-is-toc"-ra-cy, s. - - aristos, best, chief, noble, and kratos, power, or krateo, I govern. That form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the nobles. Bib'-li-og"-ra-pher, s. - - biblion a book, and; grapho, I describe. One who is skilled in... | |
 | James Knowles - 1851 - 818 Seiten
...din', n. A violent and continued sound. DIN, din', et. To stun with noise. DINARCHY, di-nark-e, n. A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons. DINE, di'n, «. To eat the chief meal about the middle of the day. DINE, di'n, vt. To... | |
 | 1852 - 678 Seiten
...with the exception of those whom God hoe arbitrarily selected for eternal happiness. REPUB'LIC, that form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people. A republic may be either an aristocracy or a democracy : the supreme power, in the former, being e«m,-igiied... | |
 | GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 Seiten
...with the exception of those whom God has arbitrarily selected for eternal happiness. REPUBLIC, that form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people. A republic may be either an aristocracy or a democracy : the supreme power, in the former, being consigned... | |
 | H John Rowbotham - 1855 - 128 Seiten
...Ar'-is-toc"-ra-cy, s. - - aristos, best, chief, noble, and kratos, power, or Jcrateo, I govern. That form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the nobles. Bib'-li-og"-ra-pher, *. - - biblion, a book, and grapho, I describe . One who is skilled in... | |
 | Cornelius S. Cartee - 1855 - 348 Seiten
...reigning sovereign during life, and descends, at death, to a member of the same family. An Aristocracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in a few of the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order. A Democracy is that form of government... | |
 | H John Rowbotham - 1858 - 128 Seiten
...Ar'-is-toc"-ra-cy, s. - - aristds, best, chief, noble, and kratds, power, or krat&o, I govern. That form of government in which the supreme power is vested* in the nobles. Bib'-li-og"-ra-pher, s. - - bibtidn, a book, and grapho, I describe. One who is skilled in... | |
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Government by the people; esp: rule of the majority. 2. A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. 
