Monarchy definition, a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. See more.

Absolute monarchy (or Absolutism as a doctrine) is a form of monarchy in which the monarch rules in their own right. In this kind of monarchy, the king or queen is usually limited by a constitution (since modern times). However, in some absolute monarchies, the king or queen is by no means limited and has absolute power. These are often hereditary monarchies.

The Biblical canon is the set of books Christians regard as divinely inspired and thus constituting the Christian Bible. Though the early church used the Old Testament according to the canon of the Septuagint (LXX), the apostles did not otherwise leave a defined set of new scriptures; instead the New Testament developed over time.. The writings attributed to the apostles circulated …

Page [unnumbered] v ~~~~~7 — 7 7 7 Page [unnumbered] BUILDING USE ONLY I STEPHEN SPAUL DING UN1VERB1TY orMICHIGANJ | B? eeqetst of. OC- e _..e.....au.ltdhi. fiflm ff Page [unnumbered] BUILDING USE ONLY BUILDING USE ONLY I A: EiI I. 4E i!

None among the choice and prime Of those'Heav'n-warring champions could be found So hardy as to proffer or accept 425 Alone the dreadful voyage; till at last Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, with monarchal pride, Conscious of highest worth, unmoved, thus spake: 0 Progeny of Heav'n, empyreal Thrones, 430 With reason ...