monarchy

Definitions

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)
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).
   countable, uncountable
3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom
4. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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
6. 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
7. States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen
8. States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

“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?”

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

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