Enlighteners hoped for a benevolent despot who would take their advice and enforce enlightened policies from above.

Politicians are short-termist, and short of having a benevolent despot able to reign undisturbed and carry out longer-term objectives, short-termism seems destined to survive.

What it has to say about the conflict between imperialist, benevolent despot and democrat has been expressed logically and eloquently, with reasonable fidelity to historic fact...

The leader could rule by all means, hopefully as a benevolent dictator.

A benevolent dictator may allow for some democratic decision-making to exist, such as through public referenda or elected representatives with limited power.

A sort of benevolent dictator that members can remove yearly if they so wish.

His preferred approach was one of benevolent dictator, but with built-in checks to his power.

The town has a convent founded in 1256, many schools, a hospital and other benevolent institutions.

He was assigned to the standing committees on finance, agriculture, and benevolent institutions.

He was seen as incorruptible, and founded and maintained numerous benevolent institutions in his diocese.

The city possesses also a benevolent society and two other societies.

The society converted itself into a benevolent society but substantially kept its aims.

Such traditional musical funerals still take place when a local musician, a member of a club, krewe, or benevolent society, or a noted dignitary has passed.

Other groups, ranging from benevolent societies to large factories, would often have a band.

In private life, he was among the first to promote useful and benevolent societies.