autocratical

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Where is the pull of being Earth's Inspector autocratical, When the Progress I'd be motor of seems mainly automatical?

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 by Various

It is undoubtedly the landowner's duty to forward all reasonable schemes of improvement; but if the inhabitants are utterly indifferent to progress of any kind, it is not his duty to issue an autocratical ukase.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard

Here, then, is the Demi-Ourgos or grand artificer, constituted God autocratical and supreme.

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)

Evidence has already been adduced to shew that the senior presbyter of Smyrna continued to preside until the days of Irenaeus, and there is also documentary proof that meanwhile he possessed no autocratical authority.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

Centuries succeeded to centuries, and the learned went on translating, commenting, and interpreting, the sacred obscurity of the autocratical edict of a genius whose lofty omniscience seemed to partake in some degree of divinity itself.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac