What is the difference between monarch and monarchy?
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The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
* 1598 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , Act II, Scene II, line 25.
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus , found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
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*1961 , (Nene Gare), The Fringe Dwellers , Text Classics 2012, p. 41:
*:‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch ? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually 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.
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
Monarchy is a derived term of monarch.
As nouns the difference between monarch and monarchy
is that monarch is the ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy while monarchy is a government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).monarch
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Noun
(en noun)- Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
Usage notes
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* (ruler) autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, , potentate, sovereign, tyrantDerived terms
* monarchism * monarchist * monarchyHyponyms
* (ruler) emperor, empress, king, queenSee also
* (projectlink) * (Danaus plexippus) A monarch can have any of the following titles: * emperor/empress * king/queen * prince/princess * grand duke/grand duchessAnagrams
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(wikipedia monarchy)Noun
(monarchies)- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?