Monarchy vs. Aristocracy

Monarchynoun

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monarchynoun

A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.

Monarchynoun

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

Monarchynoun

A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monarchynoun

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative, and judicial.

Aristocracynoun

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

Aristocracynoun

Government by such a class, or a state with such a government

Aristocracynoun

A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others

Aristocracynoun

Government by the best citizens.

Aristocracynoun

A ruling body composed of the best citizens.

Aristocracynoun

A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.

Aristocracynoun

The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.

Aristocracynoun

a privileged class holding hereditary titles

Aristocracynoun

the most powerful members of a society

Aristocracynoun

the highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices

Aristocracynoun

a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.

Aristocracynoun

a state in which governing power is held by the nobility.

Aristocracynoun

a group regarded as privileged or superior in a particular sphere

Aristocracy

Aristocracy (Greek: ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos 'excellent', and κράτος, kratos 'rule') is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats. The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning 'rule of the best'.At the time of the word's origins in ancient Greece, the Greeks conceived it as rule by the best-qualified citizens—and often contrasted it favorably with monarchy, rule by an individual.