royalism

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roy·al·ism

(roi′ə-lĭz′əm)

Support of monarchy or of a particular monarch.

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royalism

the support or advocacy of a royal government. — royalist, n., adj. — royalistic, adj.

royalism

[ˈrɔɪəlɪzəm] N → sentimiento m monárquico, monarquismo m

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royalism

n → Royalismus m, → Königstreue f

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Another nuisance was the atmosphere of Royalism, of Legitimacy, that pervaded the room, thin as air, intangible, as though no Legitimist of flesh and blood had ever existed to the man's mind except perhaps myself.

I was convinced that this man of forms and ceremonies and fanatical royalism was perfectly heartless.

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Some one seized his arm in the very height of his expansive royalism. (In 1660 that was so termed which we now call royalism.)

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and members of his family, traced among the branches of a weeping willow with other sentimentalities invented by royalism during the Terror,--in spite of his ruins, the chevalier, trimming his beard before a shabby old toilet-table, draped with trumpery lace, exhaled an essence of the eighteenth century.

A man ruined by the First Consul interested the town of Alencon, to which he now returned, where royalism was secretly dominant.

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"I hasten to do so." The duke left the royal presence with the speed of a young man; his really sincere royalism made him youthful again.

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The same impulse that drove Henry Ford to build a replica of a bygone America he had refashioned no doubt impelled these colonials to advocate a return to tradition, royalism and Confucianism--all the while guzzling "hygienic" new rice wine and standardized fish sauce from industrial byproducts.

Imperial Intoxication: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina

Chapter Three expounds upon military organizational culture, which was heavily influenced by royalism, the army's dominance over the other services, military factionalism and the long-standing relationship between the Thai and US militaries.

Thai Military Power: A Culture of Strategic Accommodation

Later, the story that the king's son and successor Charles I was also complicit in the murder began to spread, and the tale of James's assassination was pressed into service by parliamentarians and republicans who opposed Charles and royalism in and after the English Civil War.

The Murder of King James I

Fanaticism has raised every passion; royalism has not yet given up its hopes, and terrorism feels bolder than ever.'

Defining terrorism

At that moment, there is news that Napoleon has won the Battle of Marengo, which is considered a defeat for royalism. Cavaradossi shows his delight at the news and in a fury, Scarpia condemns him to death.