 Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people and exercised either directly or indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed, as in a constitutional representative...  Awake, Christian Scientists! - Sayfa 46Mrs. Alice M. Caporn tarafından - 1921 - 365 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Noah Webster - 1844 - 1142 sayfa
...DEM-I-URG'ie, a. 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 lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powej-s of legislation.... | |
 | E. J. Hamill - 1856 - 390 sayfa
...Dictionary, and find the 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."... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1857 - 1310 sayfa
...DEM-I-URd'l€, a. Pertaining to 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.... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1865 - 846 sayfa
...people, and .(,'••'••. 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... | |
 | 1862 - 900 sayfa
...invasion of the 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... | |
 | James Stormonth - 1879 - 810 sayfa
...demokratia, democracy—from demos, the people, and Icrateo, I am strong, I reign as a sovereign), government by the people ; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively: democrat, n. dôtn'-o-krat, a friend to popular government: dem'ocrat'Ic,... | |
 | 1888 - 548 sayfa
...the vote is more fundamental than taxes or arms. Now, the dictionary conception of democracy is : " Government by the people ; a form of government in which the supreme power is in the hands of the people, and directly exercised by them ; a form of government in which the power... | |
 | 1897 - 868 sayfa
...[Or. demokratU, democracy — from drmos, the people; /crated, I. am strong, I reign as a sovereign]: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively. DEMOCRAT, n. dem'6-krat, a friend to popular government. DEM'OCRAT'IC,... | |
 | 1901 - 714 sayfa
...supreme power is vested in the principal persons of the state, or a privileged order. A democracy is a form of government in which ,the supreme power is...indirectly exercised through a system of representation. It may be called government by plural representation. 9. A consul is an officer appointed to preside... | |
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