English-Swedish translations for monarchy

• monarki en
  Bahrain är däremot en relativt modern och progressiv konstitutionell monarki.In contrast, Bahrain is a relatively modern and progressive constitutional monarchy.
  Alltsammans började med Habsburgsmonarkin, som i vissa avseenden liknade dagens EU.It all began with the Habsburg monarchy, which was in some respects similar to the present-day European Union.
  . – Herr talman! I Nepal har en kung lyckats att förstöra inte bara en ny demokrati utan även en gammal monarki med djupa rötter hos folket.. – Mr President, in Nepal, a king has managed to destroy not only a new democracy, but also an ancient monarchy with deep roots among the people.

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