"ecclesiocracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ecclesiocracies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkɹəsi Etymology: Etymology tree English ecclesio- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English ecclesiocracy From ecclesio- + -cracy. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ecclesio-|-cracy|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English ecclesio- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English ecclesiocracy [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "-cracy", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "power", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "strong", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kret-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κρᾰ́τος", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-i-eh₂", "id" : "i-extension", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ᾱ", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-cracy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ecclesiocracy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ecclesiocracy"> From ecclesio- + -cracy. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ecclesiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural ecclesiocracies)
  1. government by church leaders Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: theocracy, hierocracy

Inflected forms

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