Monarchy
['mɒnəkɪ] or ['mɑnɚki]
Definition
(noun.) an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.
Edited by Ervin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
(n.) A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
(n.) The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
Typed by Felix
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Kingdom, empire.
Edited by Glenn
Examples
- A constitution of the Japanese type came into existence in 1909, making China a limited monarchy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But a Greek republic would have been dangerous to all monarchy in a Europe that fretted under the ideas of the Holy Alliance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its rule combines the disadvantage of absolute monarchy with the impersonality and irresponsibility of democratic officialdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That the power, and consequently the security of the monarchy, may not be weakened by division, it must descend entire to one of the children. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the earlier periods of the monarchy, the clergy of France appear to have been as much devoted to the pope as those of any other country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But Matilda, though of the royal Saxon blood, was not the heir to the monarchy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Joseph was the real king, the strength, the brain of the monarchy, though Pharaoh held the title. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Better the republics of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, than such playing at monarchy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He would confine the terms King or State to the rule of reason and justice, and he will not concede that title either to a democracy or to a monarchy. Plato. The Republic.
- With the return of the monarchy in 1660, there was a vigorous development of British colonization in America. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the trend of things was overwhelmingly towards monarchy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our present concern is with Grand Monarchy in the days of its glory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- France would never be obedient and manageable, he thought; she would never stand a new monarchy, without religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was part--and an excellent part--of the pose of Grand Monarchy to patronize literature and the sciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On such terms of unrighteousness what we may call Grand Monarchy established itself in France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Foreign policy is the natural employment of courts and monarchies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hence the origin of the representation of burghs in the states-general of all great monarchies in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Here we have merely to point to an apparent difference of idea between the Asiatic and African monarchies in this respect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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