hierocracy

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Etymology

From hiero- +‎ -cracy.

Pronunciation

Noun

hierocracy (countable and uncountable, plural hierocracies)

  1. Government by ecclesiastics.
  2. (historical, Middle Ages) The doctrine that the pope held supreme temporal, and not just spiritual, power.

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