absolute monarchy
noun
A system of government in which absolute power is invested in the monarch; a state governed in this way.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Iustification Prince of Orendge.
- (as) thick as a brick
- (as) thick as poundies
- (as) thick as thieves
- (as) thick as two (short) planks (or as a plank)
- (as) thin as a rake
- asthma
- asthmatic
- asthmatically
- Asti
- a sticky wicket
- a stiff upper lip
- astigmatic
- astigmatism
- astilbe
- astir
- Asti Spumante
- a stitch in time saves nine
- ASTM
- ASTMS
- as to
- a stone's throw
- Aston, Francis William
- astonish
- astonished
- astonishing