Webster's English Dictionary

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monarchy

mon.ar.chy \'ma:n-*r-ke- also -.a:r-\ n 1: undivided rule or absolute 
   sovereignty by a single person  2: a nation or state having a monarchical 
   government  3: a government having a hereditary chief of state with life 
   tenure and pow ers varying from nominal to absolute