monarchal

[ muh-nahr-kuhl ]

/ məˈnɑr kəl /

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adjective

pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.

having the status of a monarch.

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Also mo·nar·chi·al

[muh-nahr-kee-uhl]. /məˈnɑr ki əl/.

Origin of monarchal

First recorded in 1580–90; monarch + -al¹

mo·nar·chal·ly, adverban·ti·mo·nar·chal, adjectivean·ti·mo·nar·chal·ly, adverban·ti·mo·nar·chi·al, adjective

non·mo·nar·chal, adjectivenon·mo·nar·chal·ly, adverbnon·mo·nar·chi·al, adjectivepre·mo·nar·chal, adjectivepre·mo·nar·chi·al, adjective

monarchal , monarchical

He killed his own son and heir by whacking him over the head with the monarchal staff in a tsar-ish fit of temper.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself|P. J. O’Rourke|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, it has a deliberative stateliness and a certain monarchal tone.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845|Various
That some were attached to the monarchal, while others thought the republican more eligible.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton
The constitution was monarchal-aristocratic, something like that of the Poles, in the period of the Jagellons.
A Manual of Ancient History|A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren