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   Mon·ar·chy

   /ˈmänərkē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a form of government with a monarch at the head. Similar kingshipsovereigntyautocracymonocracyabsolutismabsolute powerdespotismroyalismmonarchism
   • ▪ a state that has a monarch. Similar kingdomsovereign stateprincipalityempirerealm
   • ▪ the monarch and royal family of a country: "the monarchy is the focus of loyalty and service"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French monarchie, via late Latin from Greek monarkhia ‘the rule of one’.

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