 | William Bolles - English language - 1845 - 954 pages
...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 give a dinner to. DINED,... | |
 | William Bolles - English language - 1846 - 960 pages
...n. A ktud noise; n violent and continued DIN. din', Tt. To stan with noise. DINARCHY, ditoirk-6, *. A form of government in which the supreme power is...To eat the chief meal about the middle of the day. DINK. di'n. vt. To give a dinner to. DINED, -ii ml. pp. Having consumed or ate a dinner; entertained... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1846 - 254 pages
...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.)... | |
 | Cornelius S. Cartee - Physical geography - 1855 - 348 pages
...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... | |
 | Cornelius Sowle Cartée - Physical geography - 1861 - 356 pages
...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... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 900 pages
...permitted to return В. С. 292. The date of his death is not known. DINAHCHY, din'-ar-ke, s. (Gr.) A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons. DINDEGUL, din'-de-gul, A town of Hindostán, in the Carnatic, capital of a woody and hilly district... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1867 - 600 pages
...in time tu tfte half of a semiquavers [Fr. demi, half, and Semi-quaver.] ^ Democracy, dC-mok'ra-si, n . a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively. [Gr. dimokraiia — demos, the people, and krateo, to rule — kratos, strength.]... | |
 | John Bowes (of Warrington.) - 1869 - 96 pages
...one person and called an Empire or a Kingdom.1 REPUBLIC. — (From L. res publics, public affairs) a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people, or in representatives chosen by them.3 DEMOCRACY. — (From G. demos, people, and kratos,... | |
 | James Donald - English language - 1872 - 976 pages
...DEMI-WOLF, dem'i-woolf, n. {Shot.) Half a wolf, the offspring of a dog and a wolf. DEMOCRACY, de-mok'ra-si, n. A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively. [Gr. dimokratia — demos, the people, and krateo, to rule.] DEMOCRAT, dem'o-krat,'n.... | |
 | English language - 1872 - 426 pages
...from. Aristoeracy, (ar-is-tok'ra-se) w. [G, arietokratia, from aristos, best, and kratein, to rule.] A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in a privileged order ; — the nobility or chief persons in a state. Arithmetie, (a-rith'met-ik) n. [G.... | |
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Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 
