[mon-er-kee] 
| 1. | a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy. |
| 2. | supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person. |
| mon·ar·chy (mŏn'ər-kē, -är'-) n. pl. mon·ar·chies
[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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