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dynasty
English
Etymology
From Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?da?n?sti/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?n?sti/
Noun
dynasty (plural dynasties)
- A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
- Synonyms: house, lineage
- (East Asian history) The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.
- (sports) A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.
Derived terms
- dynastic
- dynastically
Translations
dynasty From the web:
- what dynasty built the great wall
- what dynasty was mulan in
- what dynasty is the above silk painting from
- what dynasty did confucius live in
- what dynasty was gunpowder invented
- what dynasty is china in now
- what dynasty invented paper
- what dynasty was the golden age of china
monarchy
English
Etymology
From Old French monarchie, from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (monarkhía), from ????? (mónos, “only”) + ???? (arkh?, “power, authority”). Surface analysis: mon- (“one”, “single”) +? -archy (“rule”, “command”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?n?ki/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?n?ki/
- Hyphenation: mon?ar?chy
Noun
monarchy (countable and uncountable, plural monarchies)
- 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).
- An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.
- A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.
- The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
- 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.
- States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
Usage notes
Historically refers to a wide variety of systems with a single, nominally absolute ruler (compare autocracy, dictatorship), today primarily refers to and connotes a traditional, hereditary position, often with mainly symbolic power. Typically used of rulers who use the terms king/queen or emperor/empress.
Synonyms
- (rule): See Thesaurus:government
- (state): kingdom
Coordinate terms
- See Thesaurus:government
Related terms
- monarch
- monarchic
Translations
See also
- Category:en:Monarchy
Anagrams
- nomarchy
Polish
Noun
monarchy
- genitive singular of monarcha
monarchy From the web:
- what monarchy is england
- what monarchy means
- what monarchy still exist
- what monarchy is canada
- what monarchy is australia
- what monarchy is the us
- what monarchy era are we in
- what monarch is queen elizabeth
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