Absolute Monarchy vs. Monarchy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Absolute Monarchy and Monarchy
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Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative, and judicial.
Monarchy
Government by a monarch.
Monarchy
A state ruled or headed by a monarch.
Monarchy
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.
A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.
Monarchy
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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Monarchy
A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
Monarchy
States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
Monarchy
A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
Monarchy
A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
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Monarchy
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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Monarchy
An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
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