Monarchy vs Aristocratic - What's the difference?
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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.
Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men.
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy.
As a noun 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 an adjective aristocratic is
aristocratic.monarchy
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(wikipedia monarchy)Noun
(monarchies)- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
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 * tyrannyCoordinate terms
See also
----aristocratic
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Alternative forms
* aristocratickAdjective
(en adjective)- An aristocratic constitution.
- An aristocratic measure.
- Aristocratic pride or manners.