Absolute Monarchy vs. Monarchy

Absolute Monarchynoun

A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power.

Monarchynoun

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).

Absolute Monarchynoun

(uncountable) The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government.

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monarchynoun

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.

Monarchynoun

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

Monarchynoun

A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

‘In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.’;

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

‘What scourage for perjuryCan this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.’;

Monarchynoun

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

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.