It ought to be "bull" or "bulla"; but it can't be for the 26 Feb Telegraph puzzle:
The word has to be B*E*E
(B from Derby, E from Chretien & E from Galena)
So it has to be BREVE!
It is, can be found in Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Czar also known by Caesar
A government with an all-powerful monarch is called a monarchy.
The Bill of Rights- 1688
France had an absolute monarch Louis XIV was a divine right king. also called "the sun king"
They formed a republic to stop people from rebelling against the monarch. ( so they formed a new type of government called a republic)
A male monarch is called a king.
A Canon
The female form of a monarch is called a queen or a princess.
An authoritative collection of documents is called a corpus. This corpus is usually compiled for research or reference purposes, and can consist of texts, articles, speeches, or other written materials.
Abrasive, abrupt, adventurous, aggressive, ambitious, artistic and authoritative are characteristics. They begin with the letter a.
The female form of a monarch is called a queen or a princess.
A country that is without a monarch can be called a democracy. If a country has a monarch it would be referred to as a monarchy.
It is called a levee!
"Decree" is itself a six-letter word, meaning "proclamation" or "edict".
A Coronation.
throne
When someone, like a monarch or a Pope, leave his position it is called a resignation.