Monarchy

n.	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.

Noun

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monarchy - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

MONARCHY, government. That form of government in which the sovereign power is entrusted to the hands of a single magistrate. Toull. tit. prel. n. 30. The country governed by a monarch is also called a monarchy.

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