English-Spanish translations for monarchy

• monarquía
  Así que ¿podría ser éste un informe en contra de la monarquía? So might this be a report against the monarchy?
  Por lo contrario, Bahréin es una monarquía constitucional progresiva y relativamente moderna. In contrast, Bahrain is a relatively modern and progressive constitutional monarchy.
  También estoy pensando en los resultados positivos de la antigua monarquía austrohúngara. I am also thinking here of the positive results of the former Austrian-Hungarian monarchy.

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