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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