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monarchies

  • plural
    of monarchy.
    monarchy
    noun
    a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch.

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All but one of the 13 countries that did so are hereditary monarchies.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

This is the case for about 62% of the monarchies in my database, or 21 out of 34.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

He believes blockchain can be used to bring this world about and that the result would be "corporate monarchies" ruled over by "CEO-kings".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The six Arab Gulf monarchies are home to a Persian diaspora of more than a million people.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Their many societies had developed rigid social and economic class structures in which wealth and power were concentrated among monarchies, aristocracies, and the Catholic Church.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz