Thecountrywas without a ruler after thequeendied.女王死后，这个国家陷入了无人统治的状态。
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rulernoun[C](FOR DRAWING)
A2(old-fashionedorformalrule)
along,narrow,flatpieceofplastic,metal, orwoodwithstraightedgeswherecentimetresorinches, or both areprinted. It is used formeasuringthings and fordrawingstraightlines.
Young people blended old and new in ways that threatened the dominance of their elders, traditional rulers, colonials and missionaries alike.
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All examinations and sample collections were performed at the palace of the respective traditional rulers.
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In order to administrate effectively, the colonial powers were interested in establishing communities with clearly defined rulers.
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Political rulers in office are thereby forced to do their sworn duty ; it assures the just administration of justice and creates peace among the citizenry.
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Although several customs governed the selection of rulers, the matrilineal principle was quite strong.
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Part of the resources acquired by rulers are distributed to followers in exchange for political loyality and support.
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The ethics and rhetoric of exemplarity took precedence over the provision of complete chronicles of rulers, deeds, and battles.
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His call for patriotism was one that strengthened rather than diminished the hierarchical relationship between rulers and ruled.
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As a result, many rulers turned to parochial and exclusive identity groups, such as ethnicity, for support.
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Democratisation is bound by a series of structural socio-economic factors as well as the ruler's carefully crafted process of gradual, yet controlled, opening.
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The rulers of today are perceived to a lesser degree than in the past as benefactors, albeit still as the most efficient potential protectors.
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By definition, imperial contexts create new power-relations between the rulers and the ruled and, while these may be very complex, they should not be neglected.
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With a dense population, the people are freer from the oppression of the ruling elite since the rulers have more difficulty keeping them under surveillance.
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In other states, the descendants of the brothers of past rulers were eligible to rule.!
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In the end, some rulers complied with the administration and received compensation.
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Collocationswithruler
ruler
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absolute ruler
Rome would never again have a hereditary king, even if later emperors were absolute rulers in all but name.
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authoritarian ruler
Here the ruler is seen as the judge, the builder of consensus, a lessauthoritarianrulerthan the hunter.
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colonial ruler
It was said he was a typicalcolonialruler, idle, grumpy but generous to those who fawned upon him and recognised his greatness.
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