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Monarchy

/ˈmɒnəki/

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).

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noun
  1. 1

    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. 2

    The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

  3. 3

    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. 4

    States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.

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