Look up: monarchy

1. Monarchy
   first period of Roman government; legend relates that Rome was governed by seven kings, the first of whom was Romulus; the Roman monarchy lasted from the founding of the city of Rome by Romulus and Remus to 509 BCE.
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2. monarchy
   [n] - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
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3. Monarchy
   a political system in which a single family rules from generation to generation
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4. monarchy
   Government in which a single person holds a varying degree of legislative (law-making) and executive (administrative) power. Where such government has no constitutional checks or limits, it is...
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5. Monarchy
   Mon'arch·y noun ; plural Monarchies . [ French monarchie , Latin monarchia , Greek .... See Monarch .] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch. 2. A s...
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6. monarchy
   Origin: 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 ru...
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7. monarchy
   noun an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
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8. Monarchy
   • (n.) A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch. • (n.) A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch. • (n.) The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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9. monarchy
   political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in ... [32 related articles]
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10. monarchy
    monarchy 1. Undivided rule by a single person; sole rule or sovereignty; absolute power. 2. A state having a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in a single person. Formerly, also, a nation or state having dominating power over all other states.
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11. monarchy
    Form of government in which a single person rules under the law.
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12. monarchy
    monarchy, form of government in which sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is generally hereditary and who is empowered to remain in office for life. The power of this sovereign may vary from the absolute (see despotism) to that strongly limited by custom or constitution. Mon...
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13. Monarchy
    Monarchy is a state or government in which the supreme power is either actually or nominally vested for life in a single person, by whatsoever name he may be distinguished. A monarchy in which the subjects have no right or powers as against the monarch is termed despotic or absolute; when the legisl...
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14. monarchy
    Government in which a single person holds a varying degree of legislative (law-making) and executive (administrative) power. Where such government has no constitutional checks or limits, it is known as absolutism, or absolute monarchy. Absolute monarchs rule by the `divine right of kings`, their right to rule being given by God and, t...
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15. monarchy
    a state in which the supreme power is vested in a hereditary sovereign such as king, queen, or emperor.
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16. Monarchy
    A `monarchy` is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication and is often hereditary and includes a royal house. In some cases, the monarch is elected. These exceptions make it difficult to define "monarchy" precisely; the most objecti...
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17. Monarchy
    (TV series) `Monarchy` is a Channel 4 British TV series, 2004-2006, by British academic David Starkey, charting the political and ideological history of the English monarchy (later British) from the Saxon period to modern times. The show also aired on PBS stations throughout the United...
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