Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.
Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
An independent or sovereign territory.
Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.
Excellence, mastery, preeminent efficacy.