(n) :
the state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism; doctrine of absolute decrees. - Ash
"the element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey"
(n) :
the state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism; doctrine of absolute decrees. - Ash
"the element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey"