Definition of "monarchies" []

• Plural form of monarchy. (noun)

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• "The right of governing a nation belongs to the people of the nation; and the urgent duty of those provisional governments which we call monarchies, empires, aristocracies is to educate their people with"
• "This is, by the way, why primogeniture and formal lines of succession were adopted in monarchies; to reduce fighting and uncertainty in the aftermath of wrenching events."
• "I will also be empaneled with Marie Brennan and Monissa Whiteley on "Fantasy and Reaction" (my short version of the topic is: are those idiots who write fantasy novels set in monarchies and aristocracies really closet monarchy-lovers, because otherwise why in the heck would they write that crap?)."