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Usurpation
Usurpation U`sur*pa"tion, n. [L. usurpatio ? making use,
usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power,
especially an infringing on the rights of others;
specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; --
commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the
usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.
Meaning of Usurpations from wikipedia
- A
usurper is an
illegitimate or
controversial claimant to power,
often but not
always in a monarchy. In
other words, one who
takes the
power of a country...
- of
usurpations demonstrated that some are
questionable or even fictitious.
Gallienus was the
emperor who
suffered greatest number of
usurpations, with...
- A
usurper is a
person who
makes an
illegitimate or
controversial claim to power. Look up
usurper,
usurp, or
usurpation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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Search for "
usurper king" or "
usurper queen" on Wikipedia. The
following is a list of
usurpers –
illegitimate or
controversial claimants to the throne...
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Septimius (or Septiminus) was a
Roman usurper who was
proclaimed Emperor in
either 271 or 272 AD,
under the
reign of Aurelian.
Septimius declared himself...
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Procopius (Ancient Gr****: Προκόπιος; c. 326 – 27 May 366) was a
Roman usurper against Valens.
Procopius was a
native of
Cilicia and born in
Corycus around...
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Appius Claudius Censorinus was a
fictitious usurper against Roman Emperor Claudius II, (in ca AD 269)
according to the
unreliable Historia Augusta. He...
- Nest
usurpation is when the
queen of one
species of
eusocial insects takes over the
colony of
another species.
Cuckoo bumblebees (Psithyrus) and cuckoo...
- The
Gallienus usurpers were the
usurpers who
claimed imperial power during the
reign of
Gallienus (253–268, the
first part of
which he
shared with his...
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Usurp Synapse is a
screamo band from Lafayette, Indiana. The
group combines fast and
frantic grindcore influenced drumming and
guitar work, and raw screams...
