reigning monarch

collocation in English

meaningsofreigningandmonarch

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reigning
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈreɪ.nɪŋ/us
/ˈreɪ.nɪŋ/
being the most recent winner of ...
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monarch
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɒn.ək/us
/ˈmɑː.nɚk/
a king ...
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(Definition ofreigningandmonarchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Like these, stamps showed the emblem of the lion and the sun and/or the portrait of thereigningmonarch.
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The opera is 'openly laudatory' of thereigningmonarch.
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It would be changing the original intention of thereigningmonarchwho created the peerage by letters patent.
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In later centuries thereigningmonarchdecided which settlements to enfranchise.
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It was an historic occasion, the first visit to the town by areigningmonarchin over 100 years.
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Thereigningmonarchis given if the date is not known more precisely.
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He set it aside as one of the properties reserved for the second son of thereigningmonarch.
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Succession based on agnatic seniority or rotation was often limited to those princes who were sons of an earlierreigningmonarch.
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This could come about if thereigningmonarchexercised the monarchical power to have a chosen relative elected as heir during his or her reign.
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The duty mark was a profile of the head of the currentreigningmonarch.
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The winning of a war and the birthday of thereigningmonarchare examples of such national events.
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The arms of thereigningmonarchwere used instead.
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Thereigningmonarchis the head of state, the chief executive and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
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The stele is a late example of a class of donation stelae, which depicts thereigningmonarchgranting a tax exemption to the resident priesthood.
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Only legitimate descendants of thereigningmonarchand the reigning monarch's siblings and their legitimate descendants can be in line to the throne.
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The prefix of the department name is changed depending upon who is thereigningmonarch.
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All heirs in this period were nominated by thereigningmonarch, rather than holding the position by right of inheritance.
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Not every mother of areigningmonarchis a queen mother or a queen dowager.
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The plotters hope that the play, depicting the overthrow of areigningmonarch, will influence the public mood in their favor.
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