Mŏn'arch-y, n.

n. [Fr. monarchie, Pr. & It. monarchia, Sp. monarquia, Lat. monarchia, Gr. μοναρχία. See MONARCH.] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch; power reposed in a single chief ruler; authority of a hereditary sovereign. In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy, . . . but, in truth, he cared for neither government nor religion. Macaulay. 2. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom; an empire. What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence? Shak.