 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
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1857 - 1310 pages
...a demiurge, or to creative power. DE-MO€'RA-CY, «. [Gr. onpoKparta.] Government by the people ; a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or m which the people exercise the powers of legislation. 1)EM'O-€RAT, 7i.... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1859 - 1116 pages
...; — ». a. to rule ; to govern ; to convert into a monarchy. MONARCHY, mon'ar-ke, ». A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of л single person ; a kingdom ; an empire. MON ARDA, mo-nár'da, s. (in honour of Nia. Monarda.) A genus... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...anarchy or civil confusion. KPATEn [crateo~\, to exercise political power. (Gr.) Hence, Democracy, a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, and in which the people exercise, in person, the powers of legislation. (Gr.,... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1865 - 846 pages
....(,'••'••. to rule, from kratox, etreagtu, might.] Gorernnttnt, rult, or authority by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of tho people oollectivdy. Democrat, dcm'o-krat. n. [Fr. dernocratf.] One who adhéra to democracy or... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 900 pages
...Greeks and was slain by Ulysses. DEMOCRACY, de-mock' -ra-se, s. fGr.J Govern. ment by the people ; a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in Йц hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislationj Such... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - Spiritualism - 1868 - 428 pages
...were unhesitatingly obeyed. Then comes the fourth form of government, which is Monarchy. Monarchy is a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single person. The succeeding, or tilth form or government, is Republicanism. This is a system in which majorities... | |
 | John Bowes (of Warrington.) - 1869 - 96 pages
...people, or in representatives chosen by them.3 DEMOCRACY. — (From G. demos, people, and kratos, power) 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. The government... | |
 | C. Bankes Brookes - English language - 1879 - 264 pages
...a district, in Congress, or in a convention for forming or altering a constitution. Democ'racy. — 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. Di'et. — The... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 692 pages
...there are strong reasons for assigning them to a later date. OLI UANUM. [lioswELLiA.] OLIGARCHY, that form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a small and exclusive class. OLIGOCLASE (Or. Mytt, 'little,' and »X«*., 'to cleave '), a soda-felspar,... | |
 | Law - 1879 - 924 pages
...three kinds, namely, monarchy, democracy, and aristocracy. A pure monarchy means a despotism — a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of one man, a monarch, autocrat, or whatever else he may be called ; '.vhere, in his own discretion, he... | |
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