mon·arch (m n  rk, -ärk )n. 1. One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially: a. A sole and absolute ruler. b. A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority: a constitutional monarch. 2. One that commands or rules: "I am monarch of all I survey" (William Cowper). 3. One that surpasses others in power or preeminence: "Mont Blanc is the monarch of the mountains" (Byron). 4. A monarch butterfly. [Middle English monarke, from Old French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Greek monarkhos : mono-, mono- + arkhein, to rule.] mo·nar chal (m-närkl), mo·narchic (-k k), mo·narchi·cal (-k-kl) adj.mo·nar chal·ly, mo·narchi·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adj. | 1. |  monarchal - having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp"noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth" |
| 2. |  monarchal - ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; "monarchal government"; "monarchical systems"undemocratic - not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures" |
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