monarchial

Example Sentences

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While the church did not gain total control of the appointment and supervision of its officials, it obtained substantial protection against arbitrary monarchial rule and some leverage over kings in most countries.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

They were already predisposed to reject monarchial arguments in favor of a war, since the industrial masses would be the ones fighting it.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

His departure and the revolution the following month brought an end to 2,500 years of monarchial rule across Persia.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2021

And yet those in the tech industry who see monarchy as appealing are keen to point out how the hierarchical aspects of monarchial rule are actually familiar to their industry.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2019

It is one of the remarkable phenomena of political history, that proud, aristocratic cities with monarchial tendencies could be united with humble and rude communes which held expressly to pure democracy.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)