Mon″arch‐y (?), n.; pl.Monarchies (#). [F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. �. See Monarch.] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. Macaulay.
3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
What scourage for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. Shak.
Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.