Definition of Monarhy
Mon"arch*y (?), n.; pl.
Monarchies (#). [F. monarchie, L.
monarchia, Gr. &?;. See Monarch.] 1.
A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in
the hands of a monarch.
2. A system of government in which the chief
ruler is a monarch.
In those days he had affected zeal for
monarchy. Macaulay.
3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a
kingdom.
What scourage for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.
Shak.
Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy,
supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four
preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See
Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A government with a hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
- An absolute monarchy is a government ruled by one man or woman, termed a monarch and bearing a title based on their position.
- A constitutional monarchy is ruled by a Parliament or other representative body and has a monarch as a figurehead with little or no real power.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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