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statocracy

statocracy noun: government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power.

Noun

statocracy (countable and uncountable, plural statocracies)

  1. government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power
    • Do they not see that if in theocracy they lose man , in their statocracy they lose God1861, Orestes Brownson, “Pope and EMperor”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review

Forms of statocracy

pluralstatocracies

Origin of statocracy

From state + -cracy

Questions about statocracy

What does statocracy mean?
Statocracy means government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power.
What part of speech is statocracy?
Statocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of statocracy?
The plural of statocracy is statocracies.

Words near statocracy in the dictionary

  1. statocones
  2. statoconia
  3. statoconial
  4. statoconium
  5. statocracies
  6. statocracy
  7. statocratic
  8. statocyst
  9. statocystic
  10. statocysts
  11. statocyte

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