absolute monarchy

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Meaning

A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power.

(uncountable) The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government.

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A country with loose rule of law - for example an absolute monarchy with no independent judiciary - may arbitrarily choose to assert jurisdiction over a case without citing any particular justification. Source: Internet

After the setbacks of 1700, he focused on transforming his state, an absolute monarchy, in a manner similar to Charles XI of Sweden. Source: Internet

In Sweden, the absolute monarchy had come to an end with the death of Charles XII, and the Age of Liberty began. Source: Internet

His ambitions to transform the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth into an absolute monarchy were not realized due to the zealous nature of the Polish nobility and the previously initiated laws that decreased the power of the monarch. Source: Internet

In November 1907, an assembly of leading Buddhist monks, government officials, and heads of important families was held to end the moribund 300-year-old dual system of government and to establish a new absolute monarchy. Source: Internet

It was in the age of absolute monarchy launched by Louix XIV in the 17th century that the likes of Poussin and Le Brun put France in the forefront of European art. Source: Internet

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