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 (cmn) (jūnzhǔzhì)

• Czech: monarchie (cs) f
• Danish: monarki (da) n
• Dutch: monarchie (nl) f
• Esperanto: monarkio (eo), monarĥio (eo)
• 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)
• Khmer: រាជាធិបតេយ្យ (km)
• 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)

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Noun

monarchy

1. genitive singular of monarcha