Bible Encyclopedias
Republic
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
The name given to a State in which the sovereign power is vested in one or more elected by the community, and held answerable to it though in point of fact, both in Rome and the Republic of Venice the community was not free to elect any one outside of a privileged order.
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Republic'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/republic.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.