monarchy

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) 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).
2. (countable, uncountable) The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.
4. (countable, uncountable) States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.

Synonyms

kingdom

kingship

sovereignty

state of being king

realm

monarchist

empire

imperial rule

Translations

Monarchie

monarchie

monarquía

monarchia

μοναρχία

monarchie

monarquia

monarquia

monarşi

monarchia

royauté

ملكية

monarquia

Königreich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɒnəki/

Etymology

From Old French monarchie, from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”). By surface analysis, mon- (“one, single”) + -archy (“rule, command”).