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Definition of Republic
1. Noun. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
Specialized synonyms: Weimar Republic, Parliamentary Democracy
Generic synonyms: Form Of Government, Political System
Derivative terms: Democratic, Democratize, Democratize
2. Noun. A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch. "The head of state in a republic is usually a president"
Definition of Republic
1. n. Common weal.
Definition of Republic
1. Noun. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy. ¹
2. Noun. A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate. (''archaic'') ¹
3. Noun. One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Republic
1. a constitutional form of government [n -S]
Medical Definition of Republic
1. 1. Common weal. 2. A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy. In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery. Republic of letters, The collective body of literary or learned men. Origin: F. Republique, L. Respublica commonwealth; res a thing, an affair + publicus, publica, public. See Real, and Public. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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