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hagiocracy
[ hag-ee-ok-ruh-see, hey-jee- ]
noun
- government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- a state so governed.
hagiocracy
/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒkrəsɪ /
noun
- government by holy men
- a state, community, etc, governed by holy men
Word History and Origins
Origin of hagiocracy1
Example Sentences
“When the Son-of-the-Snake,” inquired Birnier, who had learned as much of the hagiocracy as Mungongo knew, “hath taken up the Burden, wilt thou then drive Eyes-in-the-hands from the country?”
Associated words: acolyte, hierarchy, hierocracy, hagiarchy, exeat, hierarchism, hierarchal, hieratic, hagiocracy, unfrock, ordain, ordination, sacerdotalism, pontificate, pontific, pontifical, priesthood, Holy Orders, priestcraft, priest-ridden, soutane, cassock, vestments, canonicals, rectory, incumbent. provincial words.
The era of the "hagiocracy," of the supreme influence of the priesthood and the rigid adherence to the law, with an inflexible hostility to heathen customs, ensued.
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