| In a word, no distinction was now drawn between despotism, tyranny, and absolute monarchy. |
| After the restoration of the absolute monarchy in 1814, Goya narrowly survived a purge. |
| In Riyadh, the absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia walks a fine line to maintain power. |
| The convocation of a national representative assembly meant the end of absolute monarchy. |
| Prior to independence and before the partial democratic dispensation of the British the country had been ruled by absolute monarchy, stretched for centuries. |
| Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, was a crucial pivot of U.S. policy from the 1970s forward. |
