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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.

Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. Burke. -- Mo*nar"chic*al*ly, adv.

The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.

An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.

To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] Shak.

One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist.

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

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

late Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.

Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life. -- Mon`as*te"ri*al*ly, adv.

A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.

A monk.

Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.

In a monastic manner.

The monastic life, system, or condition. Milman.