n. A female monarch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An enemy to monarchial government. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; mo`nos alone + &unr_; to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-. ] 1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

He who reigns
Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A patron deity or presiding genius. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling. “Monarch savage.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovereign; regal; imperial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised
Above his fellows, with monarchal pride. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Monarchic. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. monarchique, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. Burke. -- Mo*nar"chic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The principles of, or preference for, monarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. monarchiste. ] An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Monarchized p. pr. & vb. n. Monarchizing ] To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To rule; to govern. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Monarchies [ F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. &unr_;. See Monarch. ] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch. [ 1913 Webster ]

In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

What scourage for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth. [ 1913 Webster ]