☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Despot

An absolute ruler who governs without constitutional or legal restraints. In political theory, despotism is distinguished from tyranny by being an established form of government rather than a usurpation, though both involve arbitrary exercise of power.

Etymology: Greek 'despotes' (master of the house, lord), from Proto-Indo-European *dems-pot- (master of the house) · Category: Constitutional Law · Source: Montesquieu, 'The Spirit of the Laws' (1748)
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