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HIEROCRACY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hierocracy mean?
• HIEROCRACY (noun)
The noun HIEROCRACY has 1 sense:
1. a ruling body composed of clergy
Familiarity information: HIEROCRACY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ruling body composed of clergy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("hierocracy" is a kind of...):
theocracy (a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided))
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