hierocracy

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US/haɪəˈɹɑkɹəsi/

noun

Government by ecclesiastics.

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Meanings

nounhierocracy (countable and uncountable, plural hierocracies)

plural hierocracies

  1. countableuncountableGovernment by ecclesiastics.
  2. Middle AgescountablehistoricaluncountableThe doctrine that the pope held supreme temporal, and not just spiritual, power.

Origin

From hiero- + -cracy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hierocracy

democracyaristocracyautocracyadhocracyalbocracyalgocracyAmericanocracyandrocracyargentocracyarithmocracyatheocracyboobocracychirocracychrysocracyclericocracyclerocracycorpocracycorporatocracycorruptocracycosmocracycottonocracycritocracycryptocracycyberocracy
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APA

hierocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hierocracy

MLA

“hierocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hierocracy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hierocracy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hierocracy.

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