English-Finnish translations for monarchy

• monarkia
  Sitä vastoin Bahrain on suhteellisen nykyaikainen ja edistyksellinen perustuslaillinen monarkia. In contrast, Bahrain is a relatively modern and progressive constitutional monarchy.
  Monia näistä lääkintätyöntekijöitä syytetään yrityksistä kaataa monarkia ja heitä uhkaa oikeudenkäynti, jossa on armeijan syyttäjät, ja mahdolliset kuolemantuomiot. Many of these medics have been accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy and face trial with military prosecutors and possible death sentences.
  laatija. - (EN) Arvoisa puhemies, sen jälkeen, kun Nepalin monarkia lakkautettiin ja Katmanduun valittiin vaalein maolainen hallitus, Nepalin ja Kiinan suhteet ovat vääjäämättä lähentyneet. author. - Mr President, since the abolition of the Nepalese monarchy and the election of a Maoist-led government in Kathmandu, Nepal and China have inevitably grown much closer.

Definition of monarchy

• A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler
• The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom
• A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs

Examples

• An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.
• A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarchs power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.

Related words

• monarchic