royalismn.
/ˈrɔɪəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈrɔɪəlɪzəm/ Attachment or adherence to the monarchy or to the principle of monarchical government.
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monarchism1792
1649 J. Goodwin Ὑβριστοδίκαι: Obstructours of Justice 138 Mr. Pryn himself, a man as deeply now at last baptized into the Spirit of Royalisme, as the Doctour himself.
1789 T. Jefferson Let. 15 Mar. in Papers (1958) XIV. 661 We were educated in royalism: no wonder if some of us retain that idolatry still.
1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 73 51 Like Hume, he inspires pity for royalty, rather than royalism.
1865 A. Maffei Brigand Life I. 260 Royalism in this district is sometimes real fanaticism.
1891 Spectator 11 July That is the very essence, not of royalism,..new or old, but of modern democracy.
1917 G. Young Portugal vi. 217 The struggle between rotativist Royalism and revolutionary Republicanism.
1956 Life 12 Nov. 200/3 Wales was solid in its Royalism.
1997 A. Barnett This Time vi. 209 Britain's culture is still so pre-constitutional in the modern sense, thanks to residual but still massive royalism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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