The queen never achieved autocratic powers and the noble council continued to function.

It was through the senate that the emperor exercised his autocratic powers.

They are used to autocratic power, and can understand nothing but one-man control.

Subservience was expected from children, and sometimes the autocratic power of the father was enforced by law.

Generally speaking, they had autocratic power within their provinces'.

In reality, however, he retained his autocratic power over the Republic as a military dictator.

The Roman law of Manus gave the husband nearly absolute autocratic power over his wife, including life and death.

Measures are being taken which bolster the increasingly autocratic powers of major economic interests.

I get a picture of an autocratic power that has gone to seed, that's dying on the vine, so to speak.

More important, voters will grant their leaders autocratic powers when they do not believe democracy has helped them.