aristodemocracy

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aristo- +‎ democracy

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aristodemocracy

  1. A form of government in which power is shared between the people and the aristocracy.
    • 2011, Michel Picard, The Politics of Religion in Indonesia: Syncretism, Orthodoxy, and Religious Contention in Java and Bali:
      Ordained as a priest in 1931, then as a bishop in 1940, this long-time supporter of an 'aristodemocracy' limited to Java also ended up embracing the idea of a parliamentary Republic encompassing the entire Dutch East Indies.

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