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Monarchy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Monarchy : (noun)
1: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the
authority
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Monarchy |
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