civil power

Noun

Meaning

civil power (countable and uncountable, plural civil powers)

The collective power of the people or the commonwealth.

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Examples

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy. Harold Russell

Close letter words and terms

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