See also:

• DESPOT (Gr. Sc-va6rgs, lord or master; the origin of the first part of the Gr. word is unknown, the second part is cognate with rbvcs, husband, Lat. potens, powerful)

DESPOT (Gr. Sc-va6rgs, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord or See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master; the origin of the first See also:

• PART

part of the Gr. word is unknown, the second part is cognate with rbvcs, See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, See also:

• LAT

Lat. potens, powerful)  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek usage the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of a See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, hence the ruler of slaves . It was also used by the Greeks of their gods, as was the feminine See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form & rou'a . It was, however, principally applied by the Greeks to the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute monarchs of the eastern empires with which they came in contact; and it is in this sense that the word, like its See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent " See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant," is in current usage for an absolute See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign whose See also:

• RULE

rule is not restricted by any constitution . In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East " See also:

• DESPOT (Gr. Sc-va6rgs, lord or master; the origin of the first part of the Gr. word is unknown, the second part is cognate with rbvcs, husband, Lat. potens, powerful)

despot " was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early used as a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour or address of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, and was given by Alexius I . (ro81–1118) to the sons, See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers and sons-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of the emperor (See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ed . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury, vol. vi . 8o) . It does not seem that the title was confined to the See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir-apparent by Alexius II . (see See also:

• SELDEN, JOHN (1584–1654)

Selden, Titles of Honour, See also:

• PART

part ii. See also:

• CHAP

chap. i. s. vi.) . Later still it was adopted by the See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal princes of the empire . This gave rise to the name "despotats " as applied to these tributary states, which survived the break-up of the empire in the See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent " despotats " of See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus, See also:

• CYPRUS
• CYPRUS, CHURCH OF

Cyprus, See also:

• TREBIZOND (Gr. Trapezus)

Trebizond, &c . Under See also:

• OTTOMAN

Ottoman rule the title was preserved by the despots of See also:

• SERVIA

Servia and of the Morea, &c .

The early use of the See also:

• TERM

term as a title of address for ecclesiastical dignitaries survives in its use in the Greek See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church as the formal mode of addressing a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop .