monarchy

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Alternative forms

• monarchie (obsolete)

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnəki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnɚki/, /ˈmɑˌnɑɹki/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɑ(r).kʰi/, /ˈmɔnə(r)kʰi/, /mɵˈnɑ(r)kʰi/
• Hyphenation: mon‧ar‧chy

Noun

monarchy (countable and uncountable, plural monarchies)

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).

   An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.

   A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.

   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:

     He that with ſhepheards and a litle ſpoyle,
     Durſt in diſdaine of wrong and tyrannie,
     Defend his freedome gainſt a Monarchie:
     What will he doe ſupported by a king?

2. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

     What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?

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

Usage notes

Historically refers to a wide variety of systems with a single, nominally absolute ruler (compare autocracy, dictatorship), today primarily refers to and connotes a traditional, hereditary position, often with mainly symbolic power. Typically used of rulers who use the terms king/queen or emperor/empress.

Synonyms

• (rule): See Thesaurus:government
• (state): kingdom

Hyponyms

• absolute monarchy
• bicycle monarchy
• bicycling monarchy
• composite monarchy
• constitutional monarchy
• limited monarchy
• mixed monarchy
• parliamentary monarchy

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:government

Derived terms

• absolute monarchy
• antimonarchy
• aristomonarchy
• bicycle monarchy
• bicycling monarchy
• composite monarchy
• constitutional monarchy
• limited monarchy
• mixed monarchy
• nonmonarchy
• parliamentary monarchy

Related terms

• monarch
• monarchic

Translations

form of government with a hereditary head of state

Afrikaans: monargie Albanian: mbretëri (sq) f, monarki (sq) f Arabic: مَلِكِيَّة f (malikiyya) Armenian: միապետություն (hy) (miapetutʻyun) Assamese: ৰাজতন্ত্ৰ (razotontro) Asturian: monarquía (ast) f Azerbaijani: monarxiya (az), padşahlıq, sultanlıq, təkərklik Bashkir: монархия (monarxiya) Basque: monarkia Belarusian: мана́рхія f (manárxija) Bengali: রাজতন্ত্র (bn) (rajotontro) Breton: unpenniezh f Bulgarian: мона́рхия (bg) f (monárhija) Burmese: မင်း၏အစိုးရခြင်း (mang:ea.cui:ra.hkrang:), ဘုရင်စနစ် (bhu.rangca.nac) Buryat: хаанта засаг (xaanta zasag), монархи (monarxi) Catalan: monarquia (ca) f Chechen: монархи (monarxi) Chinese: Cantonese: 君主制 (gwan1 zyu2 zai3), 王政 (wong4 zing3) Mandarin: 君主制 (zh) (jūnzhǔzhì), 王政 (zh) (wángzhèng) Chuvash: ӗмпӳлӗх (ĕmp̬ülĕh) Corsican: munarchia f, monarchia f Czech: monarchie (cs) f Danish: monarki (da) n Dutch: monarchie (nl) f Erzya: вейкинязорксчи (vejkińazorksči) Esperanto: monarkio, monarĥio Estonian: monarhia (et) Faroese: kongsveldi Finnish: monarkia (fi) French: monarchie (fr) f Friulian: monarchie f Galician: monarquía (gl) f Georgian: მონარქია (ka) (monarkia) German: Monarchie (de) f Greek: μοναρχία (el) f (monarchía) Ancient: μοναρχία f (monarkhía) Gujarati: રાજાશાહી (rājāśāhī) Hebrew: מוֹנַרְכְיָה (he) f (monárkhia) Hindi: राजतंत्र m (rājtantra), बादशाहत (hi) f (bādśāhat) Hungarian: monarchia (hu) Icelandic: konungsríki (is) n, konungdæmi (is) n Ido: monarkio (io) Indonesian: monarki (id) Interlingua: monarchia Irish: monarcacht f Italian: monarchia (it) f Japanese: 君主制 (ja) (くんしゅせい, kunshusei) Kannada: ರಾಜಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ (kn) (rājaprabhutva) Kazakh: монархия (kk) (monarxiä), патшалық (patşalyq) Khmer: រាជាធិបតេយ្យ (km) (riəciəthɨppaʼtay) Korean: 군주제(君主制) (ko) (gunjuje) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: monarşî (ku), padîşahî (ku), keyîtî (ku) Kyrgyz: монархия (monarhiya), падышалык (ky) (padışalık), жекебийлик (ky) (jekebiylik) Lao: ລາຊາທິປະໄຕ (lā sā thi pa tai), ຣາຊາທິປະໄຕ (rā sā thi pa tai) (dated) Latvian: monarhija f Lithuanian: monarchija (lt) f Macedonian: монархија f (monarhija) Malay: monarki Malayalam: രാജവാഴ്ച (rājavāḻca), രാജാധിപത്യം (rājādhipatyaṁ) Maltese: monarkija f Maori: arikitanga Marathi: राजेशाही (rājeśāhī) Mari: Eastern Mari: монархий (monarhij) Mongolian: Cyrillic: эзэн хаант улс (ezen xaant uls), хаант засаг (mn) (xaant zasag) Nepali: राजतन्त्र (ne) (rājatantra) Norwegian: Bokmål: monarki (no) n, kongedømme (no) n Nynorsk: monarki n Occitan: monarquia (oc) f Odia: ରାଜତନ୍ତ୍ର (or) (rājatantra) Pashto: پاچايي (ps) f (pāčāyi), بادشاهي f (bādšāhi), باچاهي (ps) f (bāčāhi), باچايي f (bāčāyi), پاچاهي f (pāčāhi), سلطنت (ps) m (səltanat, soltanat) Persian: Iranian Persian: سَلْطَنَت (saltanat), پادِشاهی (pâdešâhi), پادْشاهی (pâdšâhi) Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can Polish: monarchia (pl) f Portuguese: monarquia (pt) f Punjabi: Kurmanji: ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ f (bādśāhī) Romagnol: munarchì f Romanian: monarhie (ro) f Cyrillic: монархие f (monarhie) Russian: мона́рхия (ru) f (monárxija) Samogitian: muonarkėjė f Sanskrit: एकप्रभुत्व (sa) n (ekaprabhutva) Scottish Gaelic: monarcachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мона̀рхија f Roman: monàrhija (sh) f Sinhalese: රාජාණ්ඩුව (si) (rājāṇḍuwa) Slovak: monarchia f Slovene: monarhija (sl) f Spanish: monarquía (es) f Swedish: monarki (sv) c Tagalog: monarkiya Tajik: салтанат (saltanat), монархия (monarxiya), хокимияти мутлақа (xokimiyat-i mutlaqa), подшоҳӣ (podšohi), подишоҳӣ (podišohi) Tamil: முடியாட்சி (ta) (muṭiyāṭci) Tatar: монархия (monarxiyä), патшалык (tt) (patşalıq) Telugu: రాచరికం (te) (rācarikaṁ) Thai: ราชาธิปไตย (th) (raa-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai) Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྲིད (rgyal srid) Turkish: monarşi (tr), padişahlık (tr), sultanlık (tr) Turkmen: monarhiýa, patyşalyk Ukrainian: мона́рхія (uk) f (monárxija) Urdu: بادْشاہَت f (bādśāhat), سَلْطَنَت f (saltanat) Uyghur: پادىشاھلىق (padishahliq), پادىشالىق (padishaliq), مونارخىيە (monarxiye) Uzbek: monarxiya (uz), podshohlik (uz) Vietnamese: quân chủ (vi) (君主), chế độ quân chủ, nền quân chủ (君主制) Welsh: archdeyrnieath f West Frisian: monargy Yakut: монархия (monarqiya) Yiddish: קעניגרייך n (kenigreykh), מאָנאַרכיע f (monarkhye)

See also

• Category:en:Monarchy

Anagrams

• nomarchy

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈnar.xɘ/
• Rhymes: -arxɘ
• Syllabification: mo‧nar‧chy

Noun

monarchy

1. genitive singular of monarcha