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UK
/mənˈɑːkɪkəl/
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ADJECTIVE
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having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch
monarchal pomp
monarchical gestures -
ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch
monarchical systems
monarchal government
How To Use monarchical In A Sentence
- I don't know what Dave means by "episcopacy" either, but there's widespread scholarly agreement that the monarchical episcopate wasn't universal early on. Triablogue
- The hereditary president of the Confederation and commander of its troops was the King of Prussia, who embodied the principle of monarchical legitimacy.
- It is significant that the term entered the language at a time of ineffective monarchical rule, in the mid-fifteenth century.
- The monarchical period established an essential background for the writing prophets of the Bible.
- It is true we have a tradition of tough government here, whether its right-wing, monarchical, military or whatever. COUP D'ETAT
- As Europe basked in the Enlightenment, Popish superstition and its stablemate monarchical absolutism appeared to be receding into the past.
- monarchical gestures
- This is a rare example of a once popular print and presents a traditional representation of the monarch with crown, orb and sceptre, the instruments of monarchical power.
- In other words, there is a monarchical structure in political life paralleled by henotheism in religion.
- She is a cold, remote, autocratic figurehead with monarchical delusions and the instincts of a contract killer.
