Emperor vs Monarchy - What's the difference?
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The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
(medieval political theory ) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
* 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
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
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.
As nouns the difference between emperor and monarchy
is that emperor is the male monarch or ruler of an empire 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).emperor
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Alternative forms
* emperour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
- But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors , etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles
Usage notes
* An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.Derived terms
* emperor goose * emperor moth * emperor paper * emperor penguin * little emperorAnagrams
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(wikipedia monarchy)Noun
(monarchies)- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?