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2,084 words match “ARCH”

MONARCHESS n.
A female monarch. [Obs.]
MONARCHIAL a.
Monarchic. Burke.
MONARCHIAN n.
One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian.
MONARCHIC; MONARCHICAL a.
Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. Burke. -- Mo*nar"chic*al*ly, adv.
MONARCHISM n.
The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.
MONARCHIST n.
An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.
MONARCHIZE v. 2 definitions
To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] Shak.
MONARCHIZER n.
One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist.
MONARCHO n.
The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor. [Obs.] Shak.
MONARCHY n. 3 definitions
A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
MYRIARCH n.
A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
MYSTERIARCH n.
One presiding over mysteries. [Obs.]
NAVARCH n.
The commander of a fleet. Mitford.
NAVARCHY n.
Nautical skill or experience. [Obs.] ir W. Petty.
NEOCLASSIC ARCHITECTURE n.
All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.
NOMARCH n.
The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
NOMARCHY n.
A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.
OLIGARCH n.
A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.
OLIGARCHAL a.
Oligarchic. Glover.
OLIGARCHIC; OLIGARCHICAL a.
Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few. "Oligarchical exiles." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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