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angelocracy

UK/eɪnd͡ʒəˈlɒkrəsi/

angelocracy noun: government or rule by angels.

Noun

angelocracy (plural angelocracies)

  1. Government or rule by angels.
    • This very remarkable effort to conceive the act of dying 'that masterful negation and collapse of all that makes me man,' that high imagining of the disembodied spirit's journal to the dread tribunal of God in the company of the Guardian Angle, of the spirits in purgatory, and of the entire...1868, The British Quarterly Review, volume 47, page 543

Forms of angelocracy

pluralangelocracies

Origin of angelocracy

From angel + -ocracy.

Questions about angelocracy

What does angelocracy mean?
Angelocracy means government or rule by angels.
What part of speech is angelocracy?
Angelocracy is a noun.
How do you pronounce angelocracy?
Angelocracy is pronounced /eɪnd͡ʒəˈlɒkrəsi/ (UK).
What is the plural of angelocracy?
The plural of angelocracy is angelocracies.

Words near angelocracy in the dictionary

  1. angelly
  2. angelmaker
  3. Angelman syndrome
  4. Angelo
  5. angelocracies
  6. angelocracy
  7. Angeloff
  8. angelographer
  9. angelographers
  10. angelographies
  11. angelography

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