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clericocracy

noun

Etymology

From cleric + -o- + -cracy.

  1. derived from κληρικός
  2. borrowed from clēricus
  3. formed as clericocracy — “cleric + -o- + -cracy”

Definitions

  1. Rule by clerics.

    • Near-synonym: theocracy
    • Marx in his analysis of the East India Company had already characterised the nature of the company's administration — the clericocracy.
    • Does this mean that religions are still more attached to (hybrid forms of) theocracy, clericocracy and monocracy than to democracy, which underlies the two principles?

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