单词 | hierocracy |
释义 | hierocracyn. 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). < n.1794 |
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