[circlecity]

"since no religious cults have ever been monarchical institutions."

then you will have to define "monarchical" in the context you are using it because I don't know of a cult hasn't been a monarchical institution.

[verdugo]

From Wiki:

A monarchy is a form of government in which all political power is pased down to an individual,(usally handed down to generation to generation) known as a monarch (”single ruler”), or king (male), queen (female).