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absolute monarchy: see monarchy monarchy, form of government in which sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is generally hereditary and who is empowered to remain in office for life. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Like the absolute monarchies of seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century Europe, from which the concept of the papacy still
takes its cues, we can say: "The pope is dead; long live the
pope," as Benedict XVI takes on this transcendent sense of his
responsibilities.
This gives him a secure base of operations to carry out his role
"as the leader of disenfranchised Arabs and other Muslims who seek
the liberation of Palestine and the downfall of the authoritarian
regimes of the Middle East and absolute monarchies and emirates of the
Gulf. For
this reason, the law of nations accommodated widely divergent domestic
political systems, ranging from absolute monarchies to authoritarian and
totalitarian regimes to democracies. |
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