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monarchal

[muh-nahr-kuhl]

adjective

pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.

having the status of a monarch.

Also, mo·nar·chi·al

[muh-nahr-kee-uhl] .

Origin:
1580–90; monarch + -al¹

Related forms

mo·nar·chal·ly, adverb

an·ti·mo·nar·chal, adjective

an·ti·mo·nar·chal·ly, adverb

an·ti·mo·nar·chi·al, adjective

non·mo·nar·chal, adjective

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non·mo·nar·chal·ly, adverb

non·mo·nar·chi·al, adjective

pre·mo·nar·chal, adjective

pre·mo·nar·chi·al, adjective

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: monarchal, monarchical.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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monarch (ˈmɒnək)

—n
1.	a sovereign head of state, esp a king, queen, or emperor, who rules usually by hereditary right
2.	a supremely powerful or pre-eminent person or thing
3.	Also called: milkweed a large migratory butterfly, Danaus plexippus, that has orange-and-black wings and feeds on the milkweed plant: family Danaidae

[C15: from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek; see mono-, -arch]

monarchal

—*adj*

monarchial

—*adj*

mo'narchally

—*adv*

mo'narchical

—*adj*

mo'narchic

—*adj*

mo'narchically

—*adv*

'monarchism

—n

'monarchist

—n, —*adj*

monar'chistic

—*adj*

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