Definition of "despotical" []

• Despotic. (adjective)

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• "Dominion acquired by conquest, or victory in war, is that which some writers call despotical from Despotes, which signifieth a lord or master, and is the dominion of the master over his servant."
• "Dominion acquired by conquest, or victory is that which some writers call despotical, from Δεσπότης which signifieth"
• "Dominion acquired by conquest, or victory in war, is that which some writers call despotical from, which signifieth a lord or master, and is the dominion of the master over his servant."