Monarch i an (monarkian)

[= F. monarchien = Pg. monarch i a no; nied his divinity, and the Patripa ians, who regarded the Father and the Son as the same; the latter were called modalistic Monarch i ans, from their advocacy of a threefold mode or manifestation of the deity. By monarch i ans of the former [dynamistic] cla Christ was held to be a mere man, miraculously conceived indeed, but constituted the Son of God simply by the infinitely monarchizer high degree in which he had been filled with Divine wisdom and power. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 719. Monarch i an ism (mō-när'ki-an-izm), n. [ Modalistic monarch i an ism, conceiving that the whole fulne of the Godhead dwelt in Christ, took exception to the "sub ord in at i an ism" of some church writers, and maintained that the names Father and Son were only two different designations of the same subject, the one God, who "with reference to the relations in which He had previously stood to the world is called the Father, but in reference to His appearance in humanity is called the Son." Encyc. Brit ., XVI. 719. monarch i an is tic (mō-när-ki-a-nis'tik), a. [ Monarch i an + -istic .] Relating to or resembling the theory of the Monarch i ans. Monarch i an is tic comparisons of Augustine. Ueberweg, Hist. Philos. (trans.), I. monarchic (mō-när'kik), a. [ The monarch ick and aristocratical and popular partisans have been jointly laying their axes to the root of all government. Burke, Vind. of Nat. Society. Without justice all forms, democratic or monarchic, are Froude, Cæsar, p. 190. tyrannical alike. monarchical (mō-när'ki-kal), a. [ Monarchical their State, But prudently confined, and mingled wise Of each harmonious power. Thomson , Liberty, iv. In a monarchical state in which the constitution is strongest, the laws may be relaxed without danger. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, i. It is not impo ible that the political movements of our time, which seem on the surface to have a tendency to Disraeli . democracy, may have in reality a monarchical bias. 2. Of or pertaining to government by a monarch. It was not the Monarchical way of Government that was so displeasing to God or Samuel; for their Government was of that Form already. Stilling fleet, Sermons, II. iv. 3. Regarding monarchy as the best form of government; adhering to the principles of monarchy. The name Monarchical party was often applied to the Federalists of the United States by their opponents. Also monarchial . = Syn. See prince and royal . monarchically (mō-när'ki-kal-i), adv . In the form of a monarchy, or in accordance with the principles or methods of monarchical government. monarchise, monarch i ser. See monarchize, monarchizer.