Julia, would you mind posting the OED definition of "republic", please? :) Jon
I am not Julia, but as she apparently has not responded:
republic /rI"pVblIk/ n. & a.
L16. [Fr. republique f. L respublica, f. res affair, thing + fem. of
publicus PUBLIC a.]A n. _1 The State, the general good. L16_L17.
2 (Also R-.) Any State in which supreme power is held by the people or
their elected representatives as opp. to by a monarch etc.; a
commonwealth. Also, a period during which a State has such a
constitution. L16. 3 transf. Any community of people, animals, etc., with equality between
its members. L17. 2 Pall Mall Gazette The distracted and faction ridden Republic of France.
New Yorker During the first few years of the Republic. BANANA republic.
1
3 republic of letters: see LETTER n. B attrib. or as adj. Of the nature of or pertaining to a republic or
republics; republican. Now rare or obs. M17.
c Oxford University Press 1973, 1993, 1996 The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM - 1 -
democracy /dI"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ n.
L16. [(O)Fr. democratie f. late L democratia f. Gk de
_mokratia, f. as
DEMOS + -CRACY.] 1 Government by the people; a form of government in which the power
resides in the people and is exercised by them either directly or by
means of elected representatives; a form of society which favours equal
rights, the ignoring of hereditary class distinctions, and tolerance of
minority views. L16. 2 A State or community in which the power of government resides in or is
exercised by the people. L16. 3 That class of people which has no hereditary or special rank or
privilege; the common people. Now rare. M17. 4 (D-.) The Democratic Party of the US; its principles or members. US.
E19.1 G. M. TREVELYAN An age of transition from aristocracy to democracy, from
authority to mass-judgement.
B. CASTLE The Labour Party..rank and file were ready to defend the unions
to death as a vital expression of democracy.
2 C. S. LEWIS All nations, those we call democracies as well as
dictatorships.
c Oxford University Press 1973, 1993, 1996 The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM - 1 -
-- Ronn! :)
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