All 4 Uses of
anarchy
in
The Once and Future King
- They were sick of the anarchy which had been their portion under Uther Pendragon:
Book 1 *anarchy = the complete absence of political authority (and order)
- Arthur, who was riding watchfully like a sensible young monarch, withdrew his eye from a clump of whins which might have held an ambush in those early days of anarchy, and cocked one eyebrow at his tutor.†
Book 2
- It was not that Arthur was a prig—it was that his country of Gramarye lay in such a toil of anarchy in the early days that some idea like the Round Table was needed to make the place survive.†
Book 3
- When I started the Table, it was to stop anarchy.†
Book 3
Definition:
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(anarchy) the complete absence of political authority; or more generally, complete absence of order