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Webster 1913 Edition
Absolutism
Ab′so-luˊtism
,Noun.
1.
The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
The element of
absolutism
and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey.
2.
(Theol.)
Doctrine of absolute decrees.
Ash.