"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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In message , Robert Peffers.
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As far as I know there are two definitions of, "Republic",
1. A state where supreme power is held by the people, or their elected
representatives, or by an elected or nominated president.
2. Literally it means a society with equality between its members.

Does it 'literally' not mean a 'public thing', or 'a thing of the people'
(from your actual Latin 'res publicae')?

Ian.
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republic / n.
1 a state in which supreme power is held by the people or their elected
representatives or by an elected or nominated president, not by a monarch
etc.
2 a society with equality between its members (the literary republic).
[French république from Latin respublica, from res 'concern' + publicus
public]

A, "Cut & Paste", from Concise Oxford Dictionary.
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Robert Peffers,
Kelty,
Fife,
Scotland, (UK).