 | James Wilson - 1804 - 494 σελίδες
...writers, no more than three regular forms of government were known and allowed. The first is that, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single person. This they denominated a monarchy. The second is that, in which the supreme power is vested in a select... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 σελίδες
...monarch.-) To play the king (Shakspeare) . MONARCHY, a large state governed by one , or a state where the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single person. 'I iic word comes from the Greek fjunufwi, one who governs alone; formed of n»»°», toltts, and... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 σελίδες
...will, nay son. An aristocracy, which is sometimes called an oligarchy, (6Tle-gratsh-e) is that form in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a few of the nobility, who exercise it conjointly. The third form, you observed, said Horace, is a democracy:... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 σελίδες
...Rome. Baker's Reflections on Learning, A MONARCHY is a state governed by an individual head : or where the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single person. Of the three forms of government, viz. democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy, the last is the most powerful,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1834 - 1052 σελίδες
...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 lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation. DEM'O-CKAT, it.... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 σελίδες
...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 to a large state... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 — Treatment... | |
 | Charles Alfred Browne - 1843 - 444 σελίδες
...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 low ground,... | |
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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. 
