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Meaning
Noun
●
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).
●
The
territory
ruled
over by a
monarch
; a kingdom.
●
In Forms of government & Monarchy:
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.
●
In One:
States based on a system of
governance
headed
by a
king
or a queen.
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Origin
monarchy
English
μοναρχία
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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