A state or polity with a democratic system of government; (more generally) any institution, organization, etc., which is run according to democratic…

A state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state.

spec. A republic, a non-monarchical commonwealth. Chiefly with reference to ancient Rome. Obsolete.

A state which is governed by some form of representative democracy, rather than by a sovereign or similar ruler, or (now more usually) which has or…

A self-governing commonwealth, a republic, a democracy. Cf. commonality, n. 1b. Obsolete.

A state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; spec. a state without a… In general use.

a democracy.

Popular government; democracy.

A province, commune; spec. (in ancient Greece) a deme. Also: a democracy (as opposed to a kingdom). Now rare.

A self-governing commonwealth, a republic, a democracy; = commonalty, n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

In the names of countries and states: = republic, n. 2a(a).

A republic or democratic state; = commonwealth, n. 3. Obsolete.

a state, society, etc., governed by all people.