Sultan vs Monarchy - What's the difference?
sultan | monarchy |
Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph.
A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
(card games) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See:
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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.
As nouns the difference between sultan and monarchy
is that sultan is sultan (ruler) 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).sultan
English
(wikipedia sultan)Noun
Derived terms
* sultana * sultanateSee also
* sultana birdReferences
monarchy
English
(wikipedia monarchy)Noun
(monarchies)- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?