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Covenant vs Monarchy - What's the difference?

covenant | monarchy |

As nouns the difference between covenant and monarchy

is that covenant is (legal) an agreement to do or not do a particular thing 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).

As a verb covenant

is to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.

covenant

English

(wikipedia covenant)

Alternative forms

* covenaunt (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
  • (legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
  • A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
  • An incidental clause in an agreement.

    • Related terms

    * Ark of the Covenant * covenant of salt * covenant of title

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant
  • * L'Estrange
    • Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, as the tenant should direct.
  • * Bible, Matthew xxvi. 15
    • and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
  • (legal) To enter a formal agreement.
  • (legal) To bind oneself in contract.
  • (legal) To make a stipulation.

    • Related terms

    * convenience * convenient * convene * convent * convention * covenable * covenantee

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    monarchy

    English

    (wikipedia monarchy)

    Noun

    (monarchies)
  • 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.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
  • 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.

    • Usage notes

    Historically refers to a wide variety of systems with a single, nominally absolute ruler (compare (m), (m)), today primarily refers to and connotes a traditional, hereditary position, often with mainly symbolic power. Typically used of rulers who use the terms (m)/(m) or (m)/(m).

    Synonyms

    * autocracy * despotism * dictatorship * tyranny

    Coordinate terms

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