hereditary ruler

collocation in English

meaningsofhereditaryandruler

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hereditary
adjective
uk
/hɪˈred.ɪ.tər.i/us
/həˈred.ə.ter.i/
(of characteristics or diseases) passing from a parent to a child through the ...
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ruler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈruː.lər/us
/ˈruː.lɚ/
the leader of ...
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(Definition ofhereditaryandrulerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What the average man in the street does understand is that it is an anomaly to make a man ahereditaryrulersimply by qualification of birth.
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It is not clear whether he was democratically elected, or some form ofhereditaryruler.
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They were organized into about fifty small city-states each with ahereditaryruler(tlatoani).
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He was ahereditaryrulerwho shared executive powers with civilian officials appointed to various levels of office according to their performance in bureaucratic examinations.
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Each tribe had its ownhereditaryruler.
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Some people say that these sultans are merely hereditary rulers.
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They are not necessarily hereditary rulers, but are elected by the tribal leaders, who are themselves elected by their tribes in their own way.
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In fact, they are not automatic hereditary rulers, although there are hereditary ruling families; and they are elected by a traditional system which appears to suit them.
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Some were ruled by princes or other hereditary rulers, some were governed by bishops or abbots.
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A hierarchy of places and rulers emerged: hamlets without hereditary rulers paid tribute to a nearby village.
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