variants
or monarchial
as in regal
fit for or worthy of a royal ruler
a singing superstar with a monarchal haughtiness that drives her assistants crazy
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Adjective
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The five-star hotel recently completed a massive renovation, bringing an even more regal feel to the lobby and other common areas, including a spectacular crystal chandelier that depicts a castle.—
Megan duBois,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025 -
The critics jury gave a special mention to Natchez, directed by Suzannah Herbert and produced by Darcy McKinnon, a film set in the titular Mississippi town lined with more regal pre-Civil War mansions than any other place in the country.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Consequences for Andrew have been coming at a slow trickle for more than a decade, culminating in this ultimate royal eviction.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Eisenberg says the upcoming heist flick's entire cast has been fielding questions about the crime, in which multiple royal jewels were stolen from the renowned Parisian museum in broad daylight.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Federalist critics in Congress argued the colonnades looked aristocratic.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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These ranged from the aristocratic elite who dominated the military and bureaucracy and yearned for a return to monarchy, to communists who sought proletarian rule, to the National Socialists who wanted to establish a right-wing dictatorship.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Now, with talk of overturning the 22nd Amendment and remaking the presidency in the image of a monarchical personal cult, that idea is being shredded.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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These achievements made the United States the political model of the liberal state, which displaced the monarchical dynasties of Europe in the nineteenth century, then rescued Western civilization from the totalitarian despotisms of Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the twentieth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Monarchal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monarchal. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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