a form of government in which supreme authority is vested in a single and usually hereditary figure, such as a king, and whose powers can vary from those of an absolute despot to those of a figurehead
2.
a country reigned over by a king, prince, or other monarch
Examples of 'monarchies' in a sentence
monarchies
They are looking more and more like hereditary monarchies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
No such problems are faced in oneparty states, wealthy absolute monarchies or dictatorships.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Now the monarchies are looking less certain.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Constitutional monarchies - politically constrained, this is the 21st century, after all - stabilise young democracies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Their scaled-down monarchies reflect this more sophisticated notion of equality.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In the 21st century it is right that monarchies acknowledge they are fallible and open to scrutiny.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Many of those countries are absolute monarchies or authoritarian nations who are not overly preoccupied with human rights.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Many of his battles were against monarchies who wanted to crush the ideals of the 1789 revolution.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Old monarchies were restored or reinvented as national institutions and new monarchies sprang up where none had been before.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
Monarchies have a particular duty in democracies to enforce discipline and a sense of service in the extended royal family.