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noun
Rule by clerics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
Synonyms: theocracy
Antonyms: anticlericalism
Broader terms: ideocracy
History
From cleric + -o- + -cracy.
