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monarchical

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[ UK /mənˈɑːkɪkə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch
    monarchal pomp
    monarchical gestures
  2. ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch
    monarchical systems
    monarchal government

How To Use monarchical In A Sentence

  • George III's rhetorical transformation from symbol of monarchical benevolence to tyrant provided the ultimate justification for revolution.
  • His views on monarchical systems are a little contradictory.
  • At most, Smith means to contrast this monarchical concept of a governable albeit composite entity against ‘the unitary state envisaged by Thomas Cromwell’.
  • But the literature, Pali and Sanskrit, Buddhist and Brahmanical, shows that non-monarchical forms of government were omnipresent.
  • 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.
  • It inverts the typical opera prologue, traditionally dedicated to monarchical flattery.
  • So far as the Socialists can characterize it, therefore, the actual municipal government of Rome is as antimonarchical as it is antipapal. Roman Holidays, and Others
  • Starkey is particularly good at explaining the shifting tone of monarchical power. Crown & Country by David Starkey - review
  • Contrast the free states of the world, while their freedom lasted, with the cotemporary subjects of monarchical or oligarchical despotism: the Greek cities with the Persian satrapies; the Italian republics and the free towns of Flanders and Germany, with the feudal monarchies of Europe; Switzerland, Holland, and England, with Austria or anterevolutionary France. Representative Government
  • The Russian imperial throne was the first monarchical casualty of the most catastrophic conflict to date in European history, the First World War.
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