Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AU-TOC'RA-SY
AU-TOCH-THON'ICAU'TO-CRAT, or AU'TO-CRA-TER
AU-TOC'RA-SY, n. [Gr. αυτος, self, and κρατος, power, or to govern, to take or hold.]
- Independent power; supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority or right of governing, in a single person.
- Sole right of self-government in a state. – Barlow.
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