4/2/2023 0 Comments Words with archy in them![]() ![]() Rule by two individuals is diarchy (or dyarchy): the first part of the word comes from the Greek δύο ( duo),’two'. The word monarch is also used metaphorically of someone who is pre-eminent or supremely powerful within a particular sphere: the Victorian industrialist looking down from his office window over his vast factory and hundreds of employees might feel that he was ‘ monarch of all he surveyed’ and the famous painting by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) of a red deer stag standing triumphantly against a bleak highland landscape has the title ‘The Monarch of the Glen’. Further, the word has become so detached from its etymological roots that it is not felt to be self-contradictory to describe a country as being ruled jointly by two monarchs – as was the case with William III (reigned 1689-1702) and his wife Mary (reigned 1689-1694), who were crowned joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland. (For some help with the pronunciation of these and other words in this group see Note on Pronunciation.) However, the word monarch is used nowadays only of kings and queens: we should not refer to a dictator who had usurped power as a monarch, even though he was sole ruler. The sole ruler is a monarch, and the related adjectives are monarchic and monarchical. ![]() The most common word in this group is probably monarchy, which means, literally, 'rule by a single individual': its first part comes from the Greek μόνος ( monos), 'alone’, ‘single'. The first part of the words in this group usually comes from the Greek too. The ending ‘–archy’ comes from the Greek ἀρχή ( archē), which means ‘beginning’, ‘origin’, ‘sovereignty’ and, in the plural, ‘the authorities’. ![]() A number of words ending ‘–archy’ – the ‘ch’ is pronounced as a ‘k’ – are used to denote different types of rule or government. ![]()
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