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monarchal

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mo⋅nar⋅chal

  [muh-nahr-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
2. having the status of a monarch.
Also, mo⋅nar⋅chi⋅al  [muh-nahr-kee-uhl] .

Origin:
1580–90; monarch + -al 1

Related forms:
mo⋅nar⋅chal⋅ly, adverb
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mon·arch   (mŏn'ərk, -ärk')   
n.  

  1. One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially:

    1. A sole and absolute ruler.

    2. A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority: a constitutional monarch.

  2. One that commands or rules: "I am monarch of all I survey" (William Cowper).

  3. One that surpasses others in power or preeminence: "Mont Blanc is the monarch of the mountains" (Byron).

  4. A monarch butterfly.


[Middle English monarke, from Old French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhos : mono-, mono- + arkhein, to rule.]
mo·nar'chal (mə-när'kəl), mo·nar'chic (-kĭk), mo·nar'chi·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adj., mo·nar'chal·ly, mo·nar'chi·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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