English dictionary · noun

monarchy

a form of government with a monarch at the head

Meaning and definitions

1. a form of government with a monarch at the head

Connected roots

• mono-

  one, single, alone

• -archy

  rule, leader

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• monopoly

  exclusive control of the supply of a commodity or service

• archbishop

  A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

• hierarchy

  A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.

• anarchy

  The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

• patriarch

  The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank.

• monologue

  a long speech by one actor or person

• monoxide

  Any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit.

• aristocracy

  the highest class in society; government by a privileged class

• patriarchy

  A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.

• archdiocese

  A diocese administered by an archbishop.

• monochrome

  A black and white image, especially such a photograph.

• monogram

  A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

• archangel

  A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

• oligarchy

  A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.

• monolith

  a large single upright block of stone

• archduke

  The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

• monogamy

  A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

• matriarch

  A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

• monotheism

  Belief in the One True God, defined by More as personal, immaterial and trinitarian.

• monocle

  A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.

• monad

  One thing, one being, one item.

• monotype

  A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.

• monosyllabic

  Consisting of one syllable.

• monism

  The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.

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