monarchy

Noun

Meaning

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

kingdom kingship sovereignty empire republic raj commonwealth patriarchate imperial dominion jacobite nazism principality crown state
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Antonyms

republic commonwealth commonweal nation freedom democracy
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Hypernyms

autocracy autarchy

Hyponyms

kingdom empire parliamentary monarchy

Related terms

monarch monarchic

Phrases with the word

danish monarchy jordanian monarchy uk monarchy catholic monarchy french monarchy austrian monarchy

Derivatives

monarchies

Anagrams

nomarchy

Examples

The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. Samuel Johnson

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it." Benjamin Franklin

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy. Friedrich Engels

In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute. Garry Kasparov

The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual. Henry David Thoreau

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion. Lytton Strachey

Close letter words and terms

monarchology Monarchomach monarchomachic monarchy of the uk monarda Monarda austromontana