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- Republic - a. - Common weal.
- Republic - a. - 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.
- Republican - a. - Of or pertaining to a republic.
- Republican - a. - Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.
- Republican - n. - One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
- Republican - n. - A member of the Republican party.
- Republican - n. - The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together.
- Republican - n. - A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
- Republicanism - n. - A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.
- Republicanism - n. - Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.
- Republicanism - n. - The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called
- Republicanize - v. t. - To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation.
- Republicanized - imp. & p. p. - of Republicanize
- Republicanizing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Republicanize
- Republicate - v. t. - To make public again; to republish.
- Republication - n. - A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.
- Imperator - n. - A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.
- Septinsular - a. - Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
- Septennate - n. - A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.
- Argentine - a. - Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
- Pampas - n. pl. - Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.