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- (Noun)
- full and unrestricted authority.
- concentration of all powers in the hands of a single person.
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- (masc.) a ruler with absolute power and authority, esp. one who exercises it tyrannically; a dictator; a tyrant.
- a man who orders others about domineeringly or one whose pronouncements on some subject are meant to be taken as the final word; a dictator.
- the senior most officer in a palace, temple or religious maṭha (monastery).