hierocracy
111Forms of Government — It has been suggested that every government which has ever existed has been a prime example of kakistocracy, or the rule of the worst, but this list of 169 different types of leadership suggests that that might be a bit too simplistic. Each of… …
112prelacy — n. 1. Office of prelate, prelateship, prelature, episcopal office. 2. Episcopacy, prelatism, hierarchy, hierarchism, hierocracy …
113hierarchy — n 1. system of layers or levels or strata, ranking, Inf. pecking or peck order; caste system, homogeneous grouping; separation, segregation, apartheid; Fig. ladder, Fig. totem pole. 2. ecclesiastical government, hierocracy, theocracy, episcopacy …
114prelacy — n 1. prelatism, episcopacy, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierarchism, clericalism, theocracy. 2. prelature, prelateship, episcopate, bishopric, archbishopric, cardinalship, pontificate, papacy, primacy; canonry, prebendary …
115sacerdotalism — n hierarchy, hierocracy, hierarchism; prelacy, prelatism, clericalism, episcopacy, papalism, papality, papacy, theocracy; Usu. Disparaging. priestcraft …
116hiero- — aff. a combining form meaning “sacred,”“priestly”: hierocracy[/ex] Also, esp. before a vowel,hier Etymology: < Gk, comb. form of hierós …
117hiero- — a word element meaning sacred , as in hierocracy. Also, (before a vowel), hier . {Greek, combining form of hieros holy} …
118hiero- — [hī′ər ō΄, hī′ər ə] [< Gr hieros, sacred, holy < IE base * eis , to move violently, excite > Sans * iṣṇāti, (he) sets in motion, L ira, IRE, ON eisa, to rush on] combining form sacred, holy [hierocracy] …
119hiero- — comb. form sacred, holy. Etymology: Gk hieros sacred + O * * * see hier * * * a combining form meaning sacred, priestly, used in the formation of compound words: hierocracy. Also, esp. before a vowel, hier . [ < Gk hieró(s) holy, sacred] * * * …
120hierocrat — hīˈerocrat noun • • • Main Entry: ↑hierocracy …
