absolute monarchy


noun

a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.

OTHER WORDS FROM absolute monarchy

absolute monarch, noun

British Dictionary definitions for absolute monarch

absolute monarchy

noun

a monarchy without constitutional limits Compare constitutional monarchy

Cultural definitions for absolute monarch

absolute monarchy

Rule by one person — a monarch, usually a king or a queen — whose actions are restricted neither by written law nor by custom; a system different from a constitutional monarchy and from a republic. Absolute monarchy persisted in France until 1789 and in Russia until 1917.