monarchy
1monarchy — Monarchy is one of the most powerful social and above all political myths circulating in Spanish society today. It revolves centrally around the figure of the King, Juan Carlos I, but in the second half of the 1990s it came also to include… …
2Monarchy — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a… …
3monarchy — index realm Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4monarchy — (n.) state ruled by monarchical government, mid 14c.; rule by one person, late 14c.; from O.Fr. monarchie sovereignty, absolute power (13c.), from L.L. monarchia, from Gk. monarkhia absolute rule, lit. ruling of one, from monos alone (see MONO… …
5monarchy — ► NOUN (pl. monarchies) 1) government by a monarch. 2) a state with a monarch …
6monarchy — [män′ər kē, män′ärkē] n. pl. monarchies [ME monarchie < OFr < LL monarchia < Gr < monarchos: see MONARCH] 1. Rare rule by only one person 2. a government or state headed by a monarch: called absolute when there is no limitation on the …
7Monarchy — For other uses, see Monarchy (disambiguation). Part of the Politics series on Monarchism …
8monarchy — /mon euhr kee/, n., pl. monarchies. 1. a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Cf. absolute monarchy, limited monarchy. 2. supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person. [1300 50; ME… …
9monarchy — n. 1) to establish, set up a monarchy 2) to overthrow a monarchy 3) an absolute; constitutional; hereditary; limited monarchy * * * constitutional hereditary limited monarchy set up a monarchy an absolute to establish to overthrow a monarchy …
10monarchy — A political system in which there is a hereditary sovereign, usually called a king or queen in Europe where monarchy is constitutional and a sheikh in Saudi Arabia and a few other Middle Eastern states where the form may be absolute. The… …
