HIEROCRACY

Meaning of HIEROCRACY in English

n. (pl. -ies) 1 priestly rule. 2 a body of ruling priests.

[ HIERO- + -CRACY ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012

HIEROCRACY — -krəsē noun ( -es ) Etymology: hier- + -cracy : government by ecclesiastics : hierarchy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIEROCRACY — (n.) Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.
Английский словарь Webster
HIEROCRACY — ( n. ) Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HIEROCRACY — — hierocratic /huy'euhr euh krat"ik, huy'reuh-/ , hierocratical , adj. /huy'euh rok"reuh see, huy rok"-/ , n. , pl. hierocracies …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIEROCRACY — noun government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.
Webster English vocab
HIEROCRACY — [ hʌɪ'rɒkrəsi ] ■ noun ( plural hierocracies ) rule by priests. ↘a ruling body of priests. Derivatives hierocratic adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIEROCRACY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 priestly rule. 2 a body of ruling priests. [HIERO- + -CRACY]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIEROCRACY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. priestly rule. 2 a body of ruling priests. Etymology: HIERO- + -CRACY
Oxford English vocab
HIEROCRACY — священноначалие, церковная власть, теократия
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIEROCRACY — = hierarchy 2
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIEROCRACY — (n) священноначалие; теократия; церковная власть
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HIEROCRACY — = hierarchy 2
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HIEROCRACY — = hierarchy 2
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIEROCRACY — священноначалие, церковная власть, теократия
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIEROCRATIC — |hī(ə)rə|krad.ik adjective or hi·er·o·crat·i·cal -d.ə̇kəl Etymology: from hierocracy, after such pairs as English democracy: democratic, democratical : of or relating …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIERO- — a combining form meaning "sacred," "priestly," used in the formation of compound words: hierocracy. Also, esp. before a vowel, hier- …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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