monarchy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: monarchy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for monarchy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monarchy n an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monarchy \Mon"archy\, n.; pl. {Monarchies}. [F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. [?]. See {Monarch}.] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch. 2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch. In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. --Macaulay. 3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy* afford false Clarence. --Shak. {Fifth monarchy}, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See {Fifth Monarchy men}, under {Fifth}.