Meaning of constitutional monarchy in English
- A constitutional monarchy existed nowhere, except perhaps in England.
- In all the constitutional monarchies we find legislative bodies similar to our Congress.
- In constitutional monarchies the ruler holds his position by heredity, but there exists also a constitution, which defines the distribution of powers among the branches that compose the government and fixes the limits of authority vested in each.
- It is true that under a constitutional monarchy, the royalty is above politics.
- It was determined that the King should no longer be absolute, and the choice lay between a constitutional monarchy and a republic.
constitutional monarchy | American Dictionary
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a system of government in which a king or queen is head of state, but laws are made and put into effect by a legislature, or a country that has this system of government
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Where the effort to create constitutional monarchy proved fleeting, the move to a ministerial system has endured.
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Over much of the nineteenth century, the juste milieu of a constitutional monarchy struggled to assert itself among the political elite.
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In the modern world, after all, constitutional monarchy, if it is to survive, must be a monarchy which rests on popular consent.
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Koreans cannot even comprehend the concept of constitutional monarchy.
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In fact, he proposed that, under the constitutional monarchy of 1901, the powers of the executive were significantly greater than in the new republic, for two main reasons.
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Then, since this was and still is a constitutional monarchy, the symbolic head of state should also be included, chartering as she did the ancient (and later, the newer) universities.
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There can be no completely logical or rational defence of a hereditary monarchy, whether it is one of the absolute variety or a constitutional monarchy.
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There is no alternative to dictatorship but either anarchy or the peaceful transition to constitutional monarchy.
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In this country we enjoy the blessings of a constitutional monarchy.
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In the time span of a generation, it has transformed itself into an exemplary parliamentary democracy and a successful constitutional monarchy.
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It is perfectly possible to live a full and contented life within the freedoms afforded by our democratic constitutional monarchy.
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I believe this is necessary if constitutional monarchy is to survive in the present age.
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A constitutional monarchy differs from a republic in substance.
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The constitutional monarchy is a separate institution of the state.
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I believe that a constitutional monarchy is the sanest form of government.
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