noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
constitutional monarchy (= a country ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution )
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a constitutional monarchy
the institution of marriage/monarchy etc
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The scandal threatened to undermine the institution of the presidency.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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absolute
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For Durkheim this explained the harshness of punishment in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when absolute monarchy was at its height.
constitutional
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That is no more or less than a sovereign Parliament within a constitutional monarchy should be able to expect.
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The fourth element of the constitution is one that I have described as a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy .
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Under a constitutional monarchy , the Tsar was Grand Duke, with a bicameral legislature.
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Both, also, were constitutional monarchies .
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Number one, in all senses, was to establish a democratic, constitutional monarchy .
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Opposition leaders hailed the visit, calling for a referendum on the restoration of the constitutional monarchy .
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At that time, Nepal was transformed from an absolute monarchy into a multi-party democracy.
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Burns hated European monarchies and helped lead the American Revolution.
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Many people in Britain think the country no longer needs a monarchy .
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The US has close ties with the Saudi monarchy .
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Among ordinary people almost everywhere, however, the idea of monarchy had still great emotive power.
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But those who believe in the monarchy like to think it stands for stability and good example.
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Constitutional monarchies are obvious examples of political systems with a dual executive.
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His conquests transformed the ancient world and ushered in the Hellenistic age of great monarchies.
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In actual fact, what the monarchy does do is to reinforce Britain's position in the world as an outmoded Ruritania.
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That is no more or less than a sovereign Parliament within a constitutional monarchy should be able to expect.
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This may seem surprising in view of the widespread acceptance of monarchy .
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With monarchy , the essential problem is that power is put at the mercy of relatives and genetics.