The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Thus in the armed forces " commissioned officers " appointed by high authority of the state are distinguished from " noncommissioned officers . " Important civil officers also receive commissions . In the second sense , the term ...
Thus in the armed forces " commissioned officers " appointed by high authority of the state are distinguished from " noncommissioned officers . " Important civil officers also receive commissions . In the second sense , the term ...
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At one extreme is the empire or unitary government , which seeks to eliminate all direct relations between its com- ponent groups , to concentrate political authority in the center , and to permit the groups to ex- ercise political ...
At one extreme is the empire or unitary government , which seeks to eliminate all direct relations between its com- ponent groups , to concentrate political authority in the center , and to permit the groups to ex- ercise political ...
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CORONATION , the ceremony at which kings traditionally have received the crowns that are the insignia of their regal authority . In pre - Chris- tian societies of Europe authority was usually conferred on rulers by ceremonial rites in ...
CORONATION , the ceremony at which kings traditionally have received the crowns that are the insignia of their regal authority . In pre - Chris- tian societies of Europe authority was usually conferred on rulers by ceremonial rites in ...
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