monarchy

«monarchy» in Mova's school dictionary: a country ruled by a king, queen or emperor, whose… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a monarchy, monarchies; the monarchy)

meaning for a pupil

1) A monarchy is a country ruled by a king, queen or emperor, whose position is usually passed on in the family. tree →

2) The monarchy is the system of having a king or queen, or the royal family itself. tree →

sense in the lessons

In politics and history lessons, the UK is a constitutional monarchy: the King is head of state, but Parliament makes laws and the Prime Minister leads the government. Canada, Australia and New Zealand share the same monarch. The USA and Ireland are republics, with an elected president instead. Some people support the monarchy and some want a republic.

examples

• The United Kingdom is a monarchy. tree →
• In a monarchy, the crown passes from parent to child. tree →
• France stopped being a monarchy long ago. tree →
• Canada's head of state is the British monarch. tree →
• Some people want to keep the monarchy, others do not. tree →
• Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy. tree →
• The monarchy has existed in Britain for over a thousand years. tree →

note

Countable: monarchies. Ruler: monarch. Opposite system: republic. Pronounced «MON-ar-kee»; «ch» sounds like «k».

In the corpora

• The French Revolution began in 1789, ended the monarchy in 1792 and spread new ideas about rights and citizens across Europe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «monarchy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.