monarchal

adjective

mo·​nar·​chal məˈnärkəl 

-nȧk-

1

archaic : monarchical sense 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

Word History

Etymology

monarch entry 1 + -al

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