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单词 hierocracy
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hierocracyn.

Brit. /hʌɪ(ə)ˈrɒkrəsi/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ(ə)ˈrɑkrəsi/
Etymology: See -cracy comb. form.
1. The rule of priests or religious dignitaries; government by priests or ecclesiastics: = hierarchy n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of ecclesiastics
hierarchy1563
hierocracy1794
parsonarchy1830
hierarchism1846
society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > hierarchy > [noun]
hierarchy1563
hierocracy1794
priestdom1799
theocracy1825
hierarchism1846
1794 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 15 184 Under the hierocracy of Palestine, and in the feudal ages of Europe.
1801 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) III. 469 Vermont will emerge next, because least..under the yoke of hierocracy.
1852 W. E. Gladstone in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 362 But now let the same principle which had handled, re-modelled, overthrown, the ancient monarchies of Europe..proceed to try the same processes upon that hierocracy, which in theory is the scandal and the laughing stock of Europe.
1892 A. B. Bruce Apologetics ii. viii. 280 The age of the hierocracy, when priests and scribes bore rule, not only failed to produce new prophets, but became incapable of appreciating the old ones.
2. concrete. A body of ruling priests or ecclesiastics: = hierarchy n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups
stratocracy1652
Praetorian Guard1735
oligarchy1823
vampirarchy1823
hierocracy1828
gerontocracy1830
Whigocracy1831
plantocracy1839
mediocracy1845
squattocracy1846
snobocracy1853
pedantocracy1856
foolocracy1859
thugocracy1896
pigmentocracy1949
xenocracy1965
society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > hierarchy > [noun] > supporter > collective
hierarchy1620
hierocracy1828
1828 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 38 579 It is this hierarchy, or hierocracy, who..are to become the efficient and ruling instruments for tranquilizing Ireland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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