Oligarchy vs. Monarchy

A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.

Those who make up an oligarchic government.

A state ruled by such a government.

A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.

Example: ‘All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list.’;

a political system governed by a few people

Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (olígos) 'few', and ἄρχω (arkho) 'to rule or to command') is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, corporate, religious, political, or military control.

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).

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

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.

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

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

Example: ‘In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.’;

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Example: ‘What scourage for perjuryCan this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.’;

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

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.