Meanings
nounclerocracy (countable and uncountable, plural clerocracies)
plural clerocracies
- countableuncountablegovernment by clerics
Origin
- Latinclerus
- Englishclerocracy
From Latin clerus [Term?] + -cracy.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian clerocrazia
- clerocraziaTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with clerocracy
democracyaristocracyautocracyadhocracyalbocracyalgocracyAmericanocracyandrocracyargentocracyarithmocracyatheocracyboobocracychirocracychrysocracyclericocracycorpocracycorporatocracycorruptocracycosmocracycottonocracycritocracycryptocracycyberocracyczarocracy
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
clerocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clerocracy
MLA
“clerocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clerocracy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clerocracy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clerocracy.
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