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monarchial

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English

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Etymology

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Probably partly from monarchy +‎ -al (compare Middle French monarchial) and partly monarch +‎ -ial.[1]

Adjective

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monarchial (comparative more monarchial, superlative most monarchial)

  1. Synonym of monarchical.
    • 1741, [David Hume], “Essay XI. Of the Parties of Great Britain.”, in Essays, Moral and Political, volume I, Edinburgh: […] R[obert] Fleming and A[lexander] Alison, for A[lexander] Kincaid […], →OCLC, page 126:
      [T]he former Party inclin'd moſt to the Republican Part of our Government, and the latter to the Monarchial.

References

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  1. ^ “monarchial, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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