Monarchy vs. Patriarchy

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.

Patriarchynoun

A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.

Patriarchynoun

A power structure in which men are dominant.

Patriarchynoun

(Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

Patriarchynoun

The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

Patriarchynoun

Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

Patriarchynoun

a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

Patriarchy

Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage.