☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Popular Sovereignty

The doctrine that the authority of government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the ultimate source of all political power.

Etymology: Latin 'popularis' (belonging to the people) + 'superanus' (supreme) · Category: Sovereignty Concepts · Source: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 'The Social Contract' (1762)
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