2. Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.

If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on 't.

Shak.

3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates;

as, tobacco is a monopoly in France. [Colloq.]

Mon`o*pol"y*logue (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. poly`s many + lo`gos speech.] An

exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

Mon`o*psy"chism (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; soul.] The doctrine that there

is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.

Mo*nop"ter*al (?), a. [Gr. &?; with a row of pillars only; mo`nos

alone, only + &?; feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F.

monoptère.] (Arch.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single

ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.

||Mo*nop"ter*on (?), n.; pl. Monoptera (#). [NL. See Monopteral.]

||(Arch.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns,

||without a cella.

Mon"op*tote (?), n. [L. monoptotum, Gr. &?;; mo`nos single + &?; apt to

fall, fallen, fr. &?; to fall; cf. &?; case.] (Gram.) 1. A noun having

only one case. Andrews.

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