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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.

Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison.

An enemy to monarchial government.

ice or dignity. Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. Burke.

mitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

s thou shalt be accessary. Shak. Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton.

A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).

A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.

one man has the ascendant over another. Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. Robertson.