monarchy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

WordNet

Mon"arch*y noun
Etymology
F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. . See Monarch.
Wordforms
plural Monarchies
Definitions
  1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
  2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
    In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. Macaulay.
  3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
    What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. Shak.

Webster 1913