monarchies

/M AA1 N AA0 R K IY0 Z/

noun

1
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).
2
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
3
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.
4
States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.

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