"mullahcracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mullahcracies [plural]
Etymology: mullah + -cracy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mullah|cracy}} mullah + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} mullahcracy (usually uncountable, plural mullahcracies)
  1. Rule by Islamic religious leaders, or mullahs. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Forms of government, Islamism, Theocracy Hypernyms: theocracy Derived forms: mullahcratic

Inflected forms

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