monarchy

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοναρχία.

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Noun

monarchy (plural monarchies)

1. A government with a hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
   • An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.
   • A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.

Coordinate terms

• (a form of government): democracy

Translations

form of government with a hereditary head of state

Albanian: mbretëri (sq) f. Arabic: ملكية (ar) (malikíyya) f. Armenian: միապետություն (hy) (miapetut’yun) Belarusian: манархія (be) (manárxija) f. Breton: unpenniezh (br) f. -où pl. Bulgarian: монархия (bg) (monárhija) f. Catalan: monarquia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 君主制 (zh) (jūnzhǔzhì) Croatian: monarhija (hr) Czech: monarchie (cs) f. Danish: monarki (da) n. Dutch: monarchie (nl) f. Finnish: monarkia (fi) French: monarchie (fr) f. Georgian: მონარქია (ka) (monark’ia) German: Monarchie (de) f. Greek: μοναρχία (el) (monarchía) f. Hebrew: מונרכיה (he) f. Hindi: राजतन्त्र (hi) (rājtantra) m. Hungarian: monarchia (hu) Icelandic: konungsríki (is), konungdæmi (is) Interlingua: monarchia (ia)

Irish: monarcacht (ga) f. Japanese: 君主制 (ja) (くんしゅせい, kunshusei) Korean: 군주제 (ko) (gunjuje) (君主制 (ko)) Lithuanian: monarchija (lt) f. Macedonian: монархија (mk) (monárhija) f. Norwegian: kongedømme (no) n., monarki (no) n. Persian: سلطنت (fa) (saltanat), پادشاهی (fa) (pâdešâhi, pâdšâhi) Polish: monarchia (pl) f. Portuguese: monarquia (pt) f. Romanian: monarhie (ro) f. Russian: монархия (ru) (monárxija) f. Samogitian: muonarkėjė f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: монархија (sh) f. Roman: monarhija (sh) f. Slovak: monarchia (sk) f. Slovene: monarhija (sl) f. Spanish: monarquía (es) f. Swedish: monarki (sv) c. Tamil: முடியாட்சி (ta) (muṭiyāṭci) Thai: ราชาธิปไตย (th) (raachaatípbpàdtai) Turkish: monarşi (tr) Ukrainian: монархія (uk) (monárxija) f. Vietnamese: quân chủ (vi), chế độ quân chủ (vi), nền quân chủ (vi)