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monarchy

noun
/ˈmɒnəki/UK/ˈmɑnɚki/US/mɔ.nɑ(r).kʰi/

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”).

  1. derived from μοναρχία
  2. derived from monarchia
  3. derived from monarchie

Definitions

  1. A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary…

    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.
    • 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?

  2. The territory ruled over by a monarch

    The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

    • What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?

  3. A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his…

    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.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.

The neighborhood

Derived

absolute monarchy, antimonarchy, aristomonarchy, bicycle monarchy, bicycling monarchy, composite monarchy, constitutional monarchy, limited monarchy, mixed monarchy, nonmonarchy, parliamentary monarchy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at monarchy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at monarchy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at monarchy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA