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monarchies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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}.
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