Word.ws English Dictionary

cryptarchy

UK/ˈkɹɪp.tɑː.ki/

cryptarchy noun: a secret government or rulership.

Noun

cryptarchy (plural cryptarchies)

  1. A secret government or rulership.
    • Yet these “ubiquitary nullibists,” (to borrow the jargon of Henry More,) this cosmopolitan cryptarchy, is co-extensive with the habitable world; and while with one hand it is preparing for Paris and Marseilles the desertion and desolation of […]1798, The Monthly Review, volume 25, page 511

Forms of cryptarchy

pluralcryptarchies

Origin of cryptarchy

From crypt- (“secret”) + -archy (“government”).

Questions about cryptarchy

What does cryptarchy mean?
Cryptarchy means a secret government or rulership.
What part of speech is cryptarchy?
Cryptarchy is a noun.
How do you pronounce cryptarchy?
Cryptarchy is pronounced /ˈkɹɪp.tɑː.ki/ (UK).
What is the plural of cryptarchy?
The plural of cryptarchy is cryptarchies.

Words near cryptarchy in the dictionary

  1. cryptanalyzing
  2. cryptand
  3. cryptands
  4. cryptanoside
  5. cryptarchies
  6. cryptarchy
  7. cryptarithm
  8. cryptarithmetic
  9. cryptarithmic
  10. cryptarithms
  11. cryptate

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cryptarchy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cryptarchy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cryptarchy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.