Definitions for: Monarchy

[n] an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Webster (1913) Definition: Mon"arch*y, n.; pl. Monarchies. [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 ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy
afford false Clarence. --Shak.

Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the
subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding
monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman.
See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.

See Also: autarchy, autocracy, empire, kingdom, parliamentary monarchy

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