The phrase "absolute sovereign" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about political theory, governance, or authority, typically referring to a ruler or governing body with complete power.
Example: "In the context of Hobbes' philosophy, the absolute sovereign holds the ultimate authority over the state and its subjects."
Alternatives: "total authority" or "supreme ruler".
Thus Hobbes argues that all rational persons in a state of nature would agree to authorize an absolute sovereign, while Locke comes to the opposite conclusion, contending that absolutism would be rejected in favor of constitutional monarchy.
His aim was to restore God (not the church) as the absolute sovereign over human affairs.
Because the rituals are a duty to our absolute sovereign, there is strong reason to keep them up.
Subject: Alof de Wignacourt, grand master of the knights of St John, was described as the "absolute sovereign" of the military-religious community confined on this hard island.
Jahwar was elected head and, as virtually an absolute sovereign ostensibly assisted by a council, restored peace and economic prosperity in his 12-year-reign (1031 43).
And Hobbes' rather controversial answer here is that it's only by means of putting in place some sort of absolute sovereign, only by abdicating a certain amount of personal freedom, that the state's continued existence is guaranteed.
Toward the end of the 17th century, the councils gradually considered and represented themselves as absolute sovereigns.
And feminists might well applaud Abigail's praise of female rulers: "History informs us that of the few Queens who have reigned for any length of Time as absolute Sovereigns the greatest part of them have been celebrated for excellent Govenours".
What these Euro-elites particularly abhor is the way in which the framers of the Constitution made every effort to involve the population through the process of public debates, town meetings and ratification votes--and this at a time when Europe was still governed (for the most part) by the absolute sovereigns of the ancien régime.
What these Euro-elites particularly abhor is the way in which the framers of the Constitution made every effort to involve the population through the process of public debates, town meetings and ratification votes and this at a time when Europe was still governed (for the most part) by the absolute sovereigns of the ancien régime.
The resultant theory is not dependent on the coercive force of an absolute political sovereign, and foresees a relatively liberal social order.
