monarchies

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monarchies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monarchy \Mon"arch*y\, 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.
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     2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a
        monarch.
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              In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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              What scourage for perjury
              Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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