monarchy
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monarchy
- /ˈmɒnəki/ UK
- /ˈmɑnɚki/ US
- /ˈmɑˌnɑɹki/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
noun monarchies · monarchie
- 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). An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.
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The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
Similar: government
- 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.
- States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
Similar: kingdom
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: monarch, kingdom, royalty, dynasty, sovereign, royal, kingship, empire, royalist, title, property, ownership, proprietary, anarchy, crown, queenship
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noun form of government with a hereditary head of state
| Español | monarquía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 군주제 gunjuje |
| 日本語 | 君主制 kunshusei |
| 中文 | 君主制 jūnzhǔzhì, 王政 wángzhèng |
| हिन्दी | राजतंत्र rājtantra, बादशाहत bādśāhat |
| Português | monarquia |
| Français | monarchie |
| Deutsch | Monarchie |
| Italiano | monarchia |
| Ελληνικά | μοναρχία monarchía |
| Română | monarhie |
| Русский | мона́рхия monárxija |
| Tiếng Việt | quân chủ, chế độ quân chủ, nền quân chủ |
| العربية | مَلِكِيَّة malikiyya |
| עברית | מוֹנַרְכְיָה monárkhia |
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