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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In theology, same as monarchy, 5.

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  • [2613] [N.B. -- This tractate is probably the genuine work of Justin.] [2594] Theou is omitted in mss., but monarchia of itself implies it.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • To be sure, Dante, in his De monarchia could still dream of a restoration of the glory of the universal

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas GAINES POST 1968

  • Politics by William of Moerbeke, who rendered those words that derived from despótēs as principatus despoticus, monarchia despotica, despotice principari, despoticum, and despotizare.

    DESPOTISM MELVIN RICHTER 1968

  • Dante's Commendia, whose form and setting rival the universe, finds a parallel in his De monarchia, a theory of political unification.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas ANGUS FLETCHER 1968

  • Politics by William of Moerbeke, who rendered those words that derived from despótēs as principatus despoticus, monarchia despotica, despotice principari, despoticum, and despotizare.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas 1925

  • All Christians hold the unity (monarchia) of God as a fundamental doctrine.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • (Augburg, 1472); a dialogue entitled "De Pontificis Romani monarchia"

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • [1085] The term Monarchia first acquired importance in patristic literature in Justin's work De monarchia, against Polytheism.

    NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

  • Christ for its head; in other words, that no fifth _monarchia_ can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion, and shall have gathered the whole family of man into one fold under one all-conquering Shepherd.

    The Caesars Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • _ [Greek: hae oikonomikae monarchia], the government of a family is naturally monarchical_, it is, like other monarchies, too often arbitrarily administered.

    The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746

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