English-Latvian translations for monarchy

• monarhija
  Turpretim Bahreina ir relatīvi moderna un progresīva konstitucionāla monarhija. In contrast, Bahrain is a relatively modern and progressive constitutional monarchy.
  Ar to es domāju arī bijušās Austroungārijas monarhijas pozitīvās sekas. I am also thinking here of the positive results of the former Austrian-Hungarian monarchy.
  autors. - Priekšsēdētāja kungs, kopš tika atcelta Nepālas monarhija un Katmandu tika ievēlēta maoistu valdība, Nepāla un Ķīna ir nenovēršami satuvinājušās. 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