Monarchy vs Oligarch - What's the difference?
monarchy | oligarch |
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.
A member of an oligarchy, someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
A very rich person, particularly with political power; a plutocrat.
(label) A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.
As nouns the difference between monarchy and oligarch
is that 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) while oligarch is a member of an oligarchy, someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.monarchy
English
(wikipedia monarchy)Noun
(monarchies)- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
