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Monarchy
//ˈmɒnəki// noun
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Noun
- 1 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). countable, uncountable
"An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters."
- 2 an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority wordnet
- 3 The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. countable, uncountable
"What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?"
- 4 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. countable, uncountable
- 5 States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Old French monarchie, from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”). By surface analysis, mon- (“one, single”) + -archy (“rule, command”).
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