monarchical
adjective
mo·nar·chi·cal
mə-ˈnär-ki-kəl 
mä-
variants
or less commonly monarchic
mə-ˈnär-kik
mä-
Synonyms
Examples of monarchical in a Sentence
guests who stay in the hotel's most expensive suite live in monarchical splendor
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The Islamists’ revenge on the monarchical state was swift and brutal, and soon included overrunning the U.S. embassy and taking more than 50 American hostages.
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Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
That openness, in a poor country emerging from centuries of monarchical suppression and decades of insurgency, showed that democratic expression need not necessarily be correlated to economic status.
—Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The Photoshop debacle is just the latest in a series of flubs that have led to a popular mistrust with royal media and with the monarchical institution itself.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
France is another country with an absolutist monarchical tradition and a bloody revolutionary tradition.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
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Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
That openness, in a poor country emerging from centuries of monarchical suppression and decades of insurgency, showed that democratic expression need not necessarily be correlated to economic status.
—Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The Photoshop debacle is just the latest in a series of flubs that have led to a popular mistrust with royal media and with the monarchical institution itself.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
France is another country with an absolutist monarchical tradition and a bloody revolutionary tradition.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
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“Monarchical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monarchical. Accessed 29 Jun. 2024.
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monarchical
adjective
mo·nar·chi·cal
mə-ˈnär-ki-kəl
mä-
variants
also monarchic
: of or relating to a monarch or monarchy
monarchical government
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