Monandrous
(Mo*nan"drous) a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.
Monandry
(Mo*nan"dry) n. [See Monandria.] The possession by a woman of only one husband at
the same time; — contrasted with polyandry.
Monanthous
(Mo*nan"thous) a. [Mon- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) Having but one flower; one-flowered.
Gray.
Monarch
(Mon"arch) n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. mo`nos alone + to be first, rule, govern.
See Archi-.]
1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
He who reigns
Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute.
Milton. 2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus.
Shak. 4. (Zoöl.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); — called also milkweed butterfly.
Monarch
(Mon"arch), a. Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.
Monarchal
(Mo*nar"chal) a. Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovereign; regal; imperial.
Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised
Above his fellows, with monarchal pride.
Milton. Monarchess
(Mon"arch*ess), n. A female monarch. [Obs.]
Monarchial
(Mo*nar"chi*al) a. Monarchic. Burke.
Monarchian
(Mo*nar"chi*an) n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected
the doctrine of the Trinity; — called also patripassian.
Monarchic
(Mo*nar"chic Mo*nar"chic*al) a. [F. monarchique, Gr. .] Of or pertaining to a monarch, or
to monarchy. Burke. — Mo*nar"chic*al*ly, adv.
Monarchism
(Mon"arch*ism) n. The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.
Monarchist
(Mon"arch*ist), n. [Cf. F. monarchiste.] An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.
Monarchize
(Mon"arch*ize) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Monarchized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Monarchizing ] To play
the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] Shak.
Monarchize
(Mon"arch*ize), v. t. To rule; to govern. [R.]
Monarchizer
(Mon"arch*i`zer) n. One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist.
Monarcho
(Mo*nar"cho) n. The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.
[Obs.] Shak.
Monarchy
(Mon"arch*y) n.; pl. Monarchies [F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. . See Monarch.]
1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
