"hierocracy" meaning in All languages combined

See hierocracy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /haɪəˈɹɑkɹəsi/ [US] Forms: hierocracies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkɹəsi Etymology: hiero- + -cracy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hiero|cracy}} hiero- + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hierocracy (countable and uncountable, plural hierocracies)
  1. Government by ecclesiastics. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of government
    Sense id: en-hierocracy-en-noun-EGCjaNdu Disambiguation of Forms of government: 58 42
  2. (historical, Middle Ages) The doctrine that the pope held supreme temporal, and not just spiritual, power. Tags: Middle-Ages, countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hierocracy-en-noun-p8kfDSjf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with hiero-, English terms suffixed with -cracy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hiero-: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hierocrat, hierocratic

Inflected forms

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