məˈnärkəl, -nȧk- adjective
Etymology: monarch (I) + -al
1. archaic : monarchical 2
monarchal government
2. archaic : having the status or exercising the functions of a monarch
3. : of, having the characteristics of, or befitting a monarch
the golden age of monarchal splendor — Joseph Wechsberg
an impression of trees, very dark and monarchal — H.E.Bates