Monarchy

Quick meaning: Monarchy is a noun meaning The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Meaning

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

More Meanings

1. States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
2. A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
3. A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.

Example Sentences

What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?

An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.

He that with ſhepheards and a litle ſpoyle, Durſt in diſdaine of wrong and tyrannie, Defend his freedome gainſt a Monarchie: What will he doe ſupported by a king?

A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.

Word Forms

• monarchies
• monarchie

Synonyms for monarchy

Depending on context, synonyms include government, kingdom.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include monarch, kingdom, royalty, dynasty, sovereign, royal.

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