Republic : (noun)
1: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body
of citizens who can elect people to represent them [syn:
democracy, commonwealth] [ant: autocracy]
2: a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch;
"the head of state in a republic is usually a president"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Republic : \Re*pub"lic\ (r?-p?b"l?k), n. [F. r['e]publique, L.
respublica commonwealth; res a thing, an affair _ publicus,
publica, public. See Real, a., and Public.]
1. Common weal. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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, 2.
Note: 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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REPUBLIC. A commonwealth; that form of government in which the
administration of affairs is open to all the citizens. In another sense, it
signifies the state, independently of its form of government. 1 Toull. n.
28, and n. 202, note. In this sense, it is used by Ben Johnson. Those that,
by their deeds make it known, whose dignity they do sustain; And life,
state, glory, all they gain, Count the Republic's, not their own, Vide Body
Politic; Nation; State.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Republic, KS (city, FIPS 59000)
Location: 39.92365 N, 97.82439 W
Population (1990): 177 (119 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66964
Republic, MI
Zip code(s): 49879
Republic, MO (city, FIPS 61238)
Location: 37.11730 N, 93.47512 W
Population (1990): 6292 (2431 housing units)
Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65738
Republic, OH (village, FIPS 66320)
Location: 41.12476 N, 83.01608 W
Population (1990): 611 (235 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44867
Republic, PA (CDP, FIPS 64224)
Location: 39.96483 N, 79.87662 W
Population (1990): 1603 (734 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15475
Republic, WA (town, FIPS 57850)
Location: 48.64906 N, 118.73185 W
Population (1990): 940 (460 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99166
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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