Retiring from the U.S. military is a sweet deal for the 17 percent of veterans who are allowed to serve for twenty years on active duty. Too sweet. For decades, critics and top brass have warned that the Pentagonâs defined benefit pension (earned after 20 years of service) is growing exponentially more expensive.
Age of Absolutism in Europe. Age of Absolutism in Europe. Age of Absolutism in Europe. The Age of Absolutism (17â18th Century) Abstract âAbsolute monarchy or absolutism meant that the sovereign* power or ultimate authority in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right.â (Jackson J. Spielvogel.
(plural absolutisms). ( 1 theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. [ 2 First attested in the mid 18 th century.]. ( 3 political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. [First attested in the early 19 th century.].