| 单词 | hereditary monarchy |
| 释义 | > as lemmashereditary monarchy hereditary monarchy n. monarchy or a form of monarchy in which the sovereign power descends by right of inheritance. ΚΠ 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. f. 12v There hath bin the rarest varieties, that in like number of successions of any hereditary Monarchie hath bin known. View more context for this quotation 1688 P. Pett Happy Future State of Eng. 334 The Hereditary Monarchy being in danger..it was in ordinary prudence requisite to apply..the Oath of Allegiance. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vii. 171 Of the various forms of government,..an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 110 The nation was firmly attached to hereditary monarchy. 1911 Catholic Encycl. XII. 706/1 Gustavus Vasa..attempted to convert Sweden into a hereditary monarchy. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xvii. 265 Reformers..will never convince the ‘true-blue’ royalists, faithful to the principle of hereditary monarchy. < as lemmas |
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