monarchy
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
Example
“An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.”
Other meanings
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
Related words
- antimonarchy
- aristomonarchy
- nonmonarchy
- absolute monarchy
- bicycle monarchy
- bicycling monarchy
- composite monarchy
- constitutional monarchy
- limited monarchy
- mixed monarchy
- parliamentary monarchy
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “monarchy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.