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Home Dictionary Name: monarchMonarchal
Pertaining to a monarch suiting a monarch sovereign regal imperial...
monarch butterfly
A very large red and black butterfly Danais Plexippus having striking orange brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern called also milkweed butterfly and monarch Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed...
Monarchic
Of or pertaining to a monarch or to monarchy...
Monarchize
To play the sovereign to act the monarch...
Monarchizer
One who monarchizes also a monarchist...
Emperor
Emperor [fr. empereur, Fr.; imperator, Lat.], a sovereign prince who bears rule over large kingdoms and territories; a monarch of title and dignity supposed to be superior to a king. 'The Emperor' was the title of the head of the Holy Roman Empire, the successor in the West of the Empire founded by Augustus, and this is the proper signification of the term. But in modern times the title 'Emperor' has been assumed by various monarchs. Thus Napoleon I. styled himself Emperor of the French, and the title was again taken by his nephew, Napoleon III. The sovereigns of Austria and Russia were also styled emperor; and in 1870 the King of Prussia assumed the title of German Emperor. The King is Emperor of India by virtue of the (English) Royal Titles Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 10)....
Treasonable misdemeanor
Treasonable misdemeanor, means an act that is likely to endanger or alarm the monarch, or disturb the public peace in the presence of the monarch, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1506....
dominion
dominion 1 a : supreme authority : sovereignty b : a territory over which such authority is exercised c often cap : a self-governing nation (as Canada) of the Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom that acknowledges the British monarch as the head of state 2 : the power (as authority) or right (as ownership) to use or dispose of property ;specif : absolute or exclusive use, control, ownership, or possession of property [the transferred property is placed beyond the donor's and control "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] [the bailee exercised over the vehicle] ...
republic
republic 1 : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president ;also : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government 2 : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law ;also : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government ...
writ
writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial auth...
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