GERONTOCRACY

[ger.on.toc.ra.cy] n, pl -cies [F gerontocratie, fr. geronto- geront- + -cratie -cracy] (1830): rule by elders; specif: a form of social organization in which a group of old men or a council of elders dominates or exercises control -- ge.ron.to.crat n -- ge.ron.to.crat.ic adj