MONARCHY
Dictionary entry overview: What does monarchy mean? • MONARCHY (noun)
The noun MONARCHY has 1 sense:
1. an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
Familiarity information: MONARCHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MONARCHY (noun)
Meaning:
An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("monarchy" is a kind of...):
autarchy; autocracy (a political system governed by a single individual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monarchy"):
parliamentary monarchy (a monarchy having a parliament)
kingdom (a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state)
empire (a monarchy with an emperor as head of state)
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