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| Government ruled by a King or QUEEN |
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| a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges |
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| Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families |
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| government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system |
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| an ancient Greek city-state |
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| (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping |
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| (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display |
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| the citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greek city |
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| a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state |
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| in anthropology, the process by which a cultural trait, material object, idea, or behavior pattern is spread from one society to another |
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