(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:37:56

Re*pub"lic*an*ism (-?z'm), n. [Cf. F. r'epublicanisme.]

1.

A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

2.

Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.

Burke.

3.

The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called

[U.S.]

 

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