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oligarchies


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oligarchy  \Ol"i*gar"chy\,  n.;  pl  {Oligarchies}.  [Gr.  ?;  ?  few 
  little  +  ?  to  rule  govern:  cf.F.  oligarchie.] 
  A  form  of  government  in  which  the  supreme  power  is  placed  in 
  the  hands  of  a  few  persons;  also  those  who  form  the  ruling 
  few 
 
  All  oligarchies,  wherein  a  few  men  domineer,  do  what 
  they  list.  --Burton. 




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