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 Mon·arch·y n.; pl. Monarchies
 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
 2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
    In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.   --Macaulay.
 3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
 What scourage for perjury
 Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.   --Shak.
 Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.
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 Fifth a.
 1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
 Fifth monarchy men Hist., a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years.
 Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.