Chapter Momental to Money of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.

Macaulay.

3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

What scourage for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.

Shak.

Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.

Monas
(||Mo"nas) n. [NL. See Monad.] (Zoöl.) A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.

Monasterial
(Mon`as*te"ri*al) a. [L. monasterials, fr. monasterium.] Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life. — Mon`as*te"ri*al*ly, adv.

Monastery
(Mon"as*te*ry) n.; pl. Monasteries [L. monasterium, Gr. fr. a solitary, a monk, fr. to be alone, live in solitude, fr. mo`nos alone. Cf. Minister.] A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; — more rarely applied to such a house for females.

Syn. — Convent; abbey; priory. See Cloister.

Monastic
(Mo*nas"tic) n. A monk.

Monastic
(Mo*nas"tic Mo*nas"tic*al) a. [Gr. monk: cf. F. monastique. See Monastery.]

1. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.

2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. "A life monastic." Denham.

Monastically
(Mo*nas"tic*al*ly), adv. In a monastic manner.

Monasticism
(Mo*nas"ti*cism) n. The monastic life, system, or condition. Milman.

Monasticon
(Mo*nas"ti*con) n. [NL. See Monastic.] A book giving an account of monasteries.

Monatomic
(Mon`a*tom"ic) adv. [Mon- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the molecule of mercury is monatomic. (b) Having the equivalence or replacing power of an atom of hydrogen; univalent; as, the methyl radical is monatomic.

Monaxial
(Mo*nax"i*al) a. [Mon- + axial.] (Biol.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as, monaxial development.

Monazite
(Mon"a*zite) n. [From Gr. mona`zein to be solitary, in allusion to its isolated crystals.] (Min.) A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, — a phosphate of the cerium metals.

Monday
(Mon"day) n. [OE. moneday, monenday, AS. monandæg, i.e., day of the moon, day sacred to the moon; akin to D. maandag, G. montag, OHG. manatag, Icel. manadagr, Dan. mandag, Sw. måndag. See Moon, and Day.] The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.

Monde
(||Monde) n. [F. See Mundane.] The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. [R.] A. Drummond.

||Le beau monde[F.], fashionable society. See Beau monde. — ||Demi monde. See Demimonde.

Mone
(Mone) n. The moon. [Obs.] Chaucer.