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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Monarchy \Mon"arch*y\, noun; 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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