"aristarchy" meaning in All languages combined

See aristarchy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: aristarchies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἄριστος||best}} Ancient Greek ἄριστος (áristos, “best”), {{m|grc|-αρχία||rule}} -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aristarchy (countable and uncountable, plural aristarchies)
  1. Government by the best rulers. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-aristarchy-en-noun-Nf181Q3V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48
  2. A body of such rulers. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-aristarchy-en-noun-xCljF~12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aristarchic Related terms: meritocracy

Inflected forms

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