monarchism

[Eng. monarch: -ism.] The principles of monarchy; love of or preference for monarchy. mon-arch-ist, s. [Eng. monarch; -ist.] An advocate or supporter of monarchism. "I proceed to examine the next supposition of the church monarchists."-Barrow: Of the Pope's Supremacy. mon-arch-ize, v . t . & i . [Eng. monarch; -ize.] A. Trans .: To rule over as a monarch. B. In trans.: To act the monarch; to play the king. T. Nashe : Terrors of the Night. "A humor of monarchizing and nothing else it is."