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> > The autocracy [translation?]...
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> Autocracy: Any form of government ruled by a single person. Perfectly valid, but "Monarchy" would be better.
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Come to think of it, "Monarchic autocracy" would be the ultimate nitpicking term, since the monarchy referred to is the one that actually *did* have absolute power, in contrast to the monarchy of today.


> > ...gave the order new regulations [tr?]
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> "Rule" (both singular and plural) is the common form for knightly orders, dating to the Rule of the Templars, a 700-point document forbidding the Templars from (among other things) playing chess or bathing more than one a week.
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Ah, yes. It's funny how things coincide: Just this lunch break, the topic of chess as an activity for masculine (historically, you understand :) ), power-broking types of people came up in a discussion. Think cigars, malt whiskey, oak panels on the walls of the library, playing for supremacy. Hmf.


> winter"This *is* a fun topic :)"mute

... and it may be about to diverge!

jul"you may make of that whatever you like"ian