Definitions
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Word origin
From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.
Used in a sentence
“The United States is a republic; Norway is a constitutional monarchy.”
““[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps ? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic ?[…]””
“The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“People-led government”8 letters
02“State”8 letters
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