Definition of Usurpations. Meaning of Usurpations. Synonyms of Usurpations

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Definition of Usurpations

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...
- The following is a list of usurpersillegitimate or controversial claimants to the throne in a monarchy. The word usurper is a derogatory term, and as...
- 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...
- 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...
- Usurp Synapse is a screamo band from Lafayette, Indiana. The group combines fast and frantic grindcore influenced drumming and guitar work, and raw screams...
- Nest usurpation is when the queen of one species of eusocial insects takes over the colony of another species. Cuckoo bumblebees (Psithyrus) and cuckoo...
- Appius Claudius Censorinus was a fictitious usurper against Roman Emperor Claudius II, (in ca AD 269) according to the unreliable Historia Augusta. He...
- Procopius (Ancient Gr****: Προκόπιος; 326 – 27 May 366) was a Roman usurper against Valens. Procopius was a native of Cilicia and born in Corycus around...