absolute monarch
Noun
Meaning
absolute monarch (plural absolute monarchs)
The ruler of an absolute monarchy.
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As the absolute monarch of Latveria, Dr. Doom has diplomatic immunity – allowing him to escape prosecution for most of his crimes – and total control of the nation’s natural and technological resources, along with its manpower, economy, and military.
Sectarian dissensions within the church, the gradual weakening of the absolute monarch and the numerous wars of Louis XIV allowed their influence to spread.
He is currently the only absolute monarch in Europe.
The existence of a legal science and of jurists who regarded law as a science, not as an instrument to achieve the political goals set by the absolute monarch, did not fit well into the new order of things.
They rejected a new absolute monarch and instead wanted a liberal constitution; therefore, representatives from the entire country would be elected to create a constitution.
This negative turn of events signaled to Louis that he had lost the ability to rule as an absolute monarch, and he fell into depression.