...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...

...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...

...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:...

...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,...

...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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...regard to republic. He defines these words as follows : ' DEMOCRACY. — 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. Such was the government...

...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,...