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To: central_va

You’re evading defining the word “republic” like I asked.


57 posted on 01/03/2012 10:24:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
re·pub·lic   /rɪˈpʌblɪk/ Show Spelled[ri-puhb-lik] noun
  1. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
  2. any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
  3. a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
  4. ( initial capital letter ) any of the five periods of republican government in France. Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.
  5. ( initial capital letter, italics ) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.

59 posted on 01/03/2012 10:27:09 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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