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mo⋅nar⋅chal

[muh-nahr-kuhl]
–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


mo⋅nar⋅chal⋅ly, adverb
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mon·ar·chy   (mŏn'ər-kē, -är'-)   
n.   pl. mon·ar·chies
  1. Government by a monarch.

  2. A state ruled or headed by a monarch.


[Middle English monarchie, from Old French, from Latin monarchia, from Greek monarkhiā, from monarkhos, monarch; see monarch.]
mo·nar'chi·al (mə-när'kē-əl) adj.
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