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monarchy

[mon-er-kee] / ˈmɒn ər ki /
NOUN
kingship
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On the other hand, if a country is not a hereditary monarchy, its sitting head of state is almost certainly not on its circulating coins.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Japan has the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, with a lineage that's believed to span more than 2,600 years.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, confirmed last year it had received around $5.1 million from the United States to accept 160 deportees.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Funding for the British monarchy from taxpayers is set to reach some 100 million pounds next year, nearly double the 2024 figure, according to the annual report into the monarchy’s finances released Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The disjunction between the prince’s all-too-human genetic inheritance and his all-too-exalted political inheritance must have seemed particularly evident to the critics of the monarchy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

All but one of the 13 countries that did so are hereditary monarchies.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

This is the case for about 62% of the monarchies in my database, or 21 out of 34.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

He believes blockchain can be used to bring this world about and that the result would be "corporate monarchies" ruled over by "CEO-kings".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Not the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the Gulf’s oil-producing Arab monarchies, and not our Indo-Pacific allies, heavily reliant on Middle Eastern hydrocarbons.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

However, they had little respect for monarchies in general, and they disapproved of the Ptolemies in particular.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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