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A Linnæan class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family.

Of or pertaining to the Monadelphia; having the stamens united in one body by the filaments.

Of, pertaining to, or like, a monad, in any of its senses. See Monad, n. Dr. H. More.

Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young.

The doctrine or theory of monads.

Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyan pheasant.

An amido compound with only one amido group.

A basic compound containing one amido group; as, methyl amine is a monamine.

One of the Monandria.

A Linnæan class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.

Same as Monandrous.

Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.

Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.

The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

Having but one flower; one-flowered. Gray.

a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief. He who reigns Monarch in heaven, ... upheld by old repute. Milton.

Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign; regal; imperial. Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, with monarchal pride. Milton.

A female monarch. [Obs.]

Monarchic. Burke.

One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian.