monarchy
- noun
- /ˈmɒnərki/
- The monarchy in the United Kingdom has a long history, with traditions that date back centuries.
- constitutional monarchy
- absolute monarchy
- parliamentary monarchy
But until then, the monarchy is strong for the moment.
- But until then, the monarchy is strong for the moment.
- Apparently, it took Megan to instruct him that monarchy was hierarchical.
- The French likewise later on found themselves deposing their monarchy, their absolute monarchy.
- Now, what would be the contrast to absolute monarchy?
- We are a fusion of two completely separate monarchies.
- What is, what is the argument for British people who do love the monarchy?
- That's why the Founding Fathers won against the British monarchy.
- And everything that is trending in the Kingdom on on Saudi Arabia is pro government, pro monarchy, pro MBS.
- We're maybe supposed to be questioning the caste system and monarchies, but then we aren't really at all.
- And suddenly Iran was a constitutional monarchy very much modeled on the British form of it.
- And when the Romans overthrew their seventh of seven kings, they say we don't want any more monarchy.
Examples
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Megan, this is the bizarre way, right, that our constitutional monarchy in the UK works.
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This poem is an attack on the monarchy itself.
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But until then, the monarchy is strong for the moment.
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In terms of the future of our monarchy, we will not see his like again.
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But the monarchy still costs us all in England, Britain.
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For them the monarchy is an institution.
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The ministers, however, remain loyal to the queen and the monarchy, as do many influential local business interests.
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We feel a monarchy is the most stable path to restoring normalcy.
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In the same year, Britain intervened in Jordan to save the monarchy of King Hussein.
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In his essay, Ibsen examined the changing role of monarchy through the nineteenth century.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A system where a king or queen is head of state while elected representatives make the laws
Compounds
- Specialized
A system where a king or queen is head of state while elected representatives make the laws
How Authoritarian
- Formal
- Formal
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monarchy comes from Greek parts mono- meaning 'one', seen in monopoly or monologue, and -archy meaning 'rule', seen in anarchy which means 'no rule'. So, a monarchy is 'rule by one', which is why it means a country led by a single monarch like a king or queen.