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• s  having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch
  monarchal pomp
• s  ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch
  monarchal government

• The anti-Federalists were just as convinced that John Adams was in cahoots with the British and intent on restoring monarchal rule.
• In general, they were beaten down by the monarchal and nominally republican systems that have dominated the region since independence.
• I thought we got rid of the whole political power passes from parents to children when we kicked out the monarchal British back in the 1770's.

• monarchical
• monarchic

Quotes

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• Oscar Arias in Turkish Press
  I advocate a change of regime, not a monarchal succession,said Arias, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to pacify turmoil-torn Central America.