 | Noah Webster - 1834 - 1052 oldal
...to a demiurge, or to creative power. DE-MOC'RA-CY, n. [Gr. fnitotfaria.] Government by the iwople ; a form of government in which the supreme power is...which the people exercise the powers of legislation. DEM'O-CKAT, it. One who adheres to a government by the people, or favom the extension of the right... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 oldal
...oligarchy, which is by some thought to be the worst of all governments. 3. A monarchy ; which is a state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single person. Such a state is Usually called a kingdom, or an empire. This name is generally given... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 oldal
...oliga r.-hy. which is by come thought to be the worst of all governments. 43. (3.) A monarchy; which is a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a •ingle person. Such a state is usually called a kingdom, or an empire. This name is generally given... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1838 - 104 oldal
...call of Abram — which happened in the two thousand and eightythird year of the world. * Monarchy, government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single man. CHAPTER IV. Abram called — His character — Destruction of Sodom — Joseph in Egypt... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1839 - 472 oldal
...emphatically, mixed governments. § 37. A democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people meet in one assembly, and enact and execute the laws. The governments of ancient Greece were democracies.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1843 - 914 oldal
...something out of 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... | |
 | Charles Alfred Browne - 1843 - 444 oldal
...vegetable. MONARCHY, from, the Greek fiovtj mone, single, and npxtj arche, a government, and is a state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single individual. MONSOON— see page 26— it is of Hindoo origin. MOOR, signifies a tract of wet... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1844 - 1142 oldal
...Pertaining to a demiurge, or to creative power. DE-MOCXRA-CY, *. [Gr. In^atfana.] Government by the people } a form of government in which the supreme power is...collectively, or in which the people exercise the powej-s of legislation. DF.M'O-CRAT, n. One who adheres to a government by the people, or favors the... | |
 | Alfred Radford Symonds - 1845 - 430 oldal
...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... | |
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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. 
