英语词汇“hierocracy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

hierocracy

释义

hierocracy|haɪəˈrɒkrəsɪ|
[See -cracy.]
1. The rule of priests or religious dignitaries; government by priests or ecclesiastics: = hierarchy 2.
1794W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XV. 184 Under the hierocracy of Palestine, and in the feudal ages of Europe.1801T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) III. 469 Vermont will emerge next, because least..under the yoke of hierocracy.1852Gladstone Glean. IV. viii. 146. 1892 A. B. Bruce Apologetics ii. viii. 280 The age of the hierocracy, when priests and scribes bore rule, not only failed to produce new prophets, but became incapable of appreciating the old ones.
2. concr. A body of ruling priests or ecclesiastics: = hierarchy 3.
1828Southey in Q. Rev. XXXVIII. 579 It is this hierarchy, or hierocracy, who..are to become the efficient and ruling instruments for tranquilizing Ireland.

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