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noun (monarchies)
- A government with a hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
- An absolute monarchy is a government ruled by one person, termed a monarch and bearing a title based on their position.
- A constitutional monarchy is ruled by a Parliament or other representative body and has a monarch as a figurehead with little or no real power.
Etymology: monarch + -y
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