About The Word Monarchy
Learn about the word Monarchy to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Monarchy definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Monarchy
| Monarchy Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Monarchy?
[n] an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
Synonyms | Synonyms for Monarchy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Monarchy: absolute monarchy | absolutism | aristocracy | autarchy | authoritarianism | autocracy | autonomy | benevolent despotism | Caesarism | coalition government | colonialism | commonwealth | constitutional government | constitutional monarchy | country | czarism | democracy | despotism | dictatorship | domain | dominion | dominion rule | duarchy | duumvirate | dyarchy | empire | federal government | federation | feudal system | garrison state | gerontocracy | heteronomy | hierarchy | hierocracy | home rule | kaiserism | kingdom | limited monarchy | martial law | meritocracy | militarism | military government | mob rule | mobocracy | monarchism | monocracy | nation | neocolonialism | ochlocracy | oligarchy | one-man rule | one-party rule | pantisocracy | paternalism | patriarchate | patriarchy | police state | principality | pure democracy | regency | representative democracy | representative government | republic | royalism | self-determination | self-government | social democracy | sovereignty | Stalinism | state | stratocracy | technocracy | thearchy | theocracy | totalitarian government | totalitarian regime | totalitarianism | triarchy | triumvirate | tyranny | welfare state See Also | autarchy | autocracy | empire | kingdom | parliamentary monarchy Monarchy In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Prunus spinosa ‐ a thorny Eurasian bush with…
- Raft ‐ a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used…
- Pertusariaceae ‐ a fungus family of…
- Food waste ‐ food that is discarded (as from…
- Tryout ‐ a test of the suitability of a performer [n] trying something…
- Despotical ‐ belonging to or having the characteristics…
- Minister of finance ‐ the minister responsible for…
- Dilatation and curettage ‐ a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia…
- Analogize ‐ make…
- Saint olav ‐ King and patron saint of Norway…