See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, See also:

• RULE

rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)  , strictly, the undivided See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty or See also:

• RULE

rule of a single See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, Hence the See also:

• TERM

term is applied to states in which the supreme authority is vested in a single person, the monarch, who in his own right is the permanent See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of true See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy is well defined in the well-known lines of See also:

• COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800)
• COWPER, WILLIAM COWPER, 1ST EARL (c. 1665-1723)

Cowper (Verses supposed to be written by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• SELKIRK
• SELKIRK (or SELCRA1G), ALEXANDER (1676-1721)
• SELKIRK, THOMAS DOUGLAS, 5TH EARL OF (1771–1820)

Selkirk): " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." The word " monarchy " has, however, outlived this See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning, and is now used, when used at all, somewhat loosely of states ruled over by hereditary sovereigns, as distinct from republics with elected presidents; or for the " monarchical principle," as opposed to the republican, involved in this distinction . The old See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of monarchy, viz. that of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince as representing within the limits of his dominions the monarchy of See also:

• GOD

God over all things, culminated in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of the divine right of See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, and was defined in the famous dictum of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV.: L'etat c'est moil The conception of monarchy was derived through See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity from the theocracies of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East; it was the underlying principle of the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• EMPIRE

empire and also of the medieval papacy, the rule of the popes during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of its greatest development being sometimes called " the papal monarchy." The monarchical principle was shaken to its See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English revolution of 1688; it was shattered by the wrench revolution of 1789; and though it survives as a See also:

• POLITICAL

political force, more or less strongly, in most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European countries, " monarchists," in the strict sense of the word, are everywhere a small and dwindling minority . To See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change phrases were invented which have come into See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use, though involving a certain See also:

• CONTRADICTION, PRINCIPLE OF (principium contradictionis)

contradiction in terms, viz . " limited " or " constitutional monarchy," as opposed to See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute " or " autocratic monarchy." Finally, a distinction is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn between " elective " and " hereditary " monarchies . Of the former class the most conspicuous was the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Empire; but in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe all monarchies were, within certain limits, originally elective; and, after the introduction of Christianity, the essential See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption of See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power was not so much kinship with the reigning See also:

• FAMILY

family as the " sacring " by the divine authority of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . The purely hereditary principle was of comparatively See also:

• LATE

late growth, the outcome of obvious convenience, exalted under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of various forces into a religious or quasi-religious See also:

• DOGMA (Gr. Sbypa, from b6aeiv, to seem; literally " that which seems, sc. good or true or useful " to any one)

dogma .