absolute monarch
Unchecked sovereign power
An absolute monarch is a ruler with unlimited power over a state, unconstrained by laws, constitution, or other governing bodies.
The term describes kings and queens who held total authority, as in France under Louis XIV or Russia under the tsars: The absolute monarch answered to no parliament.
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- seat of powerGoverning authority's location
despotism · autocracy · reign · hereditary rule · imperial rule · tsar · sovereignty · royal decree · crown · the crown · robe · divine right · czar · Louis XIV · crown prince · royal bloodline · totalitarianism · by decree
absolute monarchconstitutional monarch
Sovereign bound by law
prime minister · parliamentary leader · president · representative · delegate
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