 | William Bolles - 1845 - 954 sider
...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 sider
...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.)... | |
 | James Knowles - 1851 - 818 sider
...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... | |
 | Cornelius S. Cartee - 1855 - 348 sider
...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 - 1861 - 356 sider
...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... | |
 | 1862 - 900 sider
...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1867 - 600 sider
...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 sider
...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,... | |
 | English language - 1871 - 1024 sider
...Aristocracy, (ar-is-tok'ra-se) n. [G. ariitos, beet, and krotein, to rule.] A government, in which the pow«r is vested in a privileged order; — the nobility or chief persons in a state. Aristocrat, (ar'is-to-krat) n. One who favours aristocracy ; — a proud or haughty person. Aristocratic,... | |
 | 1872 - 406 sider
...to spring up; to begin; — to get out of bed ; — to proceed ; to issue from. ART1CULATE krattin, to rule.] A form of government in which the supreme...nobility or chief persons in a state. Arithmetie, (a-rith'mot-ik) n. [G. arithmos, number, and tschne, art.] The science of numbers; the art of computation... | |
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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. 
