
| Absolutism (Ab"so*lu`tism) (#), n. 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. |
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