 Government by the people; a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation.  A smaller English dictionary - Page 245by John Ogilvie - 1872 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...it. thing having three angles, of which the terminal one is much further from the base DEMOC'RACY, a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in than the lateral ones. the hands of the people collectively, or in DEL'UGE, an inundation or overflowing... | |
 | Alfred Radford Symonds - India - 1845 - 430 pages
...animal nor vegetable. MONARCHY, from the Greek /uorij, single, and «PX», a gorernment, is a state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single individual. MONSOON— see page 22— it is of Hindoo origin. MOOR, signifies a tract of wet low ground,... | |
 | John Boag - English language - 1848 - 744 pages
...MONARCHIST, inUn'ark-ïst, n. An advocate of monarchy. MONARCHY, mon'âr-kè, и. A state or government in I which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of ! a single person. A kingdom; an empire. MONAS, mo' lias, [Gr.] л. Л genus of very minute 1лftísoria, MONASTERY, mon'ás-tre... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1849 - 1148 pages
...monarch ; — ra to rule ; to gorern ; to convert into a monarchy. MONARCHY, mon'nr-ke, *. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single person ; a kingdom ; an empire. MOVAUDA, mo-nar'da, s. (in honour of Nic. Monarda.) A genus of herbaceous... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1850 - 578 pages
...MO.V-ARCH-IZE, в. i. or 1. To play the king; to rute : to convert to a monarchy. MON'- ARCH- Y, ». A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a «ingle person. MON'-AS-TER-Y, ». A house of monks ; a convent. MO-N'AS'-Tle, e. Pertaining to monks... | |
 | Luther Calvin Saxton - Poland - 1851 - 586 pages
...Greek terms, demos the people, and krateo to rule ; and literally means, government by the people j or a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation. Such was the meaning... | |
 | GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 pages
...Plato, is identified by the Platonizing Christians with the second person in the Trinity. DEMOCRACY, a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation. DEMOGOR'GON, in... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 880 pages
...there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it. DEMOCRACY, a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation. DE'MON, or 1VF/MON,... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1854 - 190 pages
...who commands a squadron of ships. Com 'mou-place, too common to be worth repeating. Com'mon-weolth, a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the people. Com-mo'tion, tumult. Com'pa-ny, persons met together. Com-part'ment, a division, as of a box... | |
 | E. J. Hamill - 1856 - 390 pages
...following definitions of the terms involved in this discussion. " DEMOCRACY, n., government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation." " REPUBLIC, n.,... | |
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