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monarchical | palace |

As a adjective monarchical

is of or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.

As a noun palace is

official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.

As a verb palace is

(archaic) to decorate or ornate.

monarchical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
    • Although a socialist he did have monarchical leanings
  • Having sole or undivided authority.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 133-4:
  • *:But in this contest of martyrs, it was Ignatius's passionate account of a monarchical episcopal ministry which set the pattern for the future.

    • Synonyms

    * monarchal, monarchial

    Derived terms

    * monarchical hero

    palace

    English

    (wikipedia palace)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
  • A large and lavishly ornate residence.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].}}
  • A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.

    • Derived terms

    * palace politics * palatial * puck palace

    Verb

    (palac)
  • (archaic) To decorate or ornate.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Kenneth Morris, title=The Crest-Wave of Evolution, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And this Great King was a far-way, tremendous, golden figure, moving in a splendor as of fairy tales; palaced marvelously, so travelers told, in cities compared with which even Athens seemed mean. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1874, author=Benj. N. Martin, title=Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=May, with her green lap full of sprouting leaves and bright blossoms, her song-birds making the orchards and meadows vocal, and rippling streams and cultivated gardens; June, with full-blown roses and humming-bees, plenteous meadows and wide cornfields, with embattled lines rising thick and green; August, with reddened orchards and heavy-headed harvests of grain, October, with yellow leaves and swart shadows; December, palaced in snow, and idly whistling through his numb fingers;-all have their various charm; and in the rose-bowers of summer, and as we spread our hands before the torches of winter, we say joyfully, "Thou hast made all things beautiful in their time."}} ----