(thing) by futurehog Mon Sep 09 2002 at 14:05:20
Most literally, this is a monarch whose powers are limited by a constitution that the monarch cannot change at will.

In practice this term usually refers to monarchs whose powers are mostly ceremonial, reigning in nations that are in fact democracies.

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