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English

Etymology

monarch + -y

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 person, 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.

Coordinate terms

democracy

Translations

Breton: unpenniezh -où
Catalan: monarquia
Chinese: 君主制 (jūn zhǔ zhì)
Czech: {{t-|cs|monarchie|f}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|monarchie|f}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|monarchie|f}}
German: {{t+|de|Monarchie|f}}
Interlingua: monarchia

Japanese: 君主制 (くんしゅせい, kunshusei)
Lithuanian: monarchija
Norwegian: {{t-|no|kongedømme|n}}, {{t+|no|monarki|n}}
Polish: {{t+|pl|monarchia|f}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|monarquia|f}}
Spanish: {{t-|es|monarquía|f}}
Swedish: {{t-|sv|monarki|c}}
Turkish:

Category:Forms of government Category:Greek derivations Category:Monarchy

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Monarchy \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.
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2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a
monarch.
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In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.
--Macaulay.
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3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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What scourage for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.
--Shak.
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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.
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WordNet monarchy
n : an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the
authority

Moby Dictionary
Caesarism , Stalinism , absolute monarchy , absolutism , aristocracy ,
autarchy , authoritarianism , autocracy , autonomy ,
benevolent despotism , coalition government , colonialism ,
commonwealth , constitutional government , constitutional monarchy ,
country , czarism , democracy , despotism , dictatorship , domain ,
dominion , dominion rule , duarchy , duumvirate , dyarchy , empire ,
federal government , federation , feudal system , garrison state ,
gerontocracy , heteronomy , hierarchy , hierocracy , home rule ,
kaiserism , kingdom , limited monarchy , martial law , meritocracy ,
militarism , military government , mob rule , mobocracy , monarchism ,
monocracy , nation , neocolonialism , ochlocracy , oligarchy ,
one-man rule , one-party rule , pantisocracy , paternalism ,
patriarchate , patriarchy , police state , principality ,
pure democracy , regency , representative democracy ,
representative government , republic , royalism , self-determination ,
self-government , social democracy , sovereignty , state , stratocracy ,
technocracy , thearchy , theocracy , totalitarian government ,
totalitarian regime , totalitarianism , triarchy , triumvirate ,
tyranny , welfare state

MONARCHY, government. That form of government in which the sovereign power is entrusted to the hands of a single magistrate. Toull. tit. prel. n. 30. The country governed by a monarch is also called a monarchy.