monarchistn.adj.
/ˈmɒnəkɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɑnərkəst/ A. n.† 2. A person who believes in one supreme god, esp. amongst other gods. Obsolete. rare.† 3. A person who denies the Christian doctrine of the Trinity; = Monarchian n. Obsolete. rare.
1. An advocate or supporter of monarchy or the monarchy.In early use often referring to the papacy.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > monarchism > adherent of
king's maneOE
regalist?1591
kingling1603
royalist1605
monarchist1640
regiana1652
basilean1655
1640 L. F. Speedie Remedie against Spirituall Incontinence 54 The Papists..hold the sacred acceptable Church-state, to be the Papacie... Secondly, the Prelatists... Thirdly, the Monarchists, that it is a Monarchicke Monarchy.
1647 M. Hudson Divine Right Govt. ii. ii. 83 This Relative blessing of Monarchie,..the Relatum or Monarch, and the Correlatum or Monarchists and subjects.
a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 111 The..Supposition of the Church Monarchists..That S. Peter's Primacy..was not personall, but derivable to Successours.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 61 For the Principles of the former, being demagogical, could not allow much Favour to one who rose a Monarchist declared.
1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 203 Monarchists and Aristocrats! mark well!
1872 Echo Oct. 5 The Monarchists pretend that ‘the beginning of the end of the Republic’ has commenced.
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2449 Constitutional monarchists and absolute monarchists.
1946 R. Capell Simiomata iii. 127 There used to be furious feeling between Venizelists and monarchists.
1988 F. Tomlin T. S. Eliot iv. 86 He was a staunch monarchist, and possibly even more of a King's man than Eliot.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > [noun] > polytheism > belief in sole ruler > person
monarchist1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 403 Plato acknowledged and worshiped Many Gods, yet..he was no Polyarchist, but a Monarchist, an assertor of One Supreme God.
1893 R. C. Jebb Growth Classical Greek Poetry 200 Aeschylus..is no monotheist, yet he might be described as a monarchist in religion.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Unitarianism > Antitrinitarian sects and groups > [noun] > Monarchianism > person
Praxean1719
Monarchian1765
Theodotian1853
Monarchianist1872
monarchist1876
1876 A. Plummer tr. J. J. I. von Döllinger Hippolytus & Callistus iv. i. 188 It is now no longer possible to define exactly what Sabellius himself or other later Monarchists [Ger. Monarchianer] contributed to the development of this view.
B. adj.
Loyal to a monarch; advocating or supportive of monarchy.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > monarchical government > [adjective] > supporting or advocating monarchy
monarchist1847
regalist1850
1847 Amer. Whig Rev. 6 604/2 We are disposed to regard the paragraph as the interpolation of some monarchist transcriber.
1859 B. Taylor Eldorado xl. 409 I was disappointed in not seeing Alaman, the head of the Monarchist faction.
1926 Scots Observer 13 Nov. 19/1 It is France's policy that the sores be kept open even if they give a handle to Monarchist revanchists.
1962 L. Namier Crossroads of Power iii. 25 In 1789, during the King's illness, Lord Fife's warm monarchist feelings once more became apparent.
1992 Economist 7 Mar. 59/2 The two parties most likely to affect the election outcome are the refounded Communist Party and a monarchist party, which wants the return of King Leka.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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