Associations to the word «Monarchy»

Wiktionary

MONARCHY, 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).
MONARCHY, noun. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
MONARCHY, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

MONARCHY, noun. An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley