Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecclesiocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-cle-sioc-ra-cy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

government by church leaders

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English ecclesio- Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English ecclesiocracy From ecclesio- + -cracy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ecclesiocracies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

theocracy hierocracy

Rhymes With

democracy bureaucracy aristocracy autocracy idiocracy corporatocracy mediocracy adhocracy demonocracy thalassocracy pornocracy corpocracy

Questions

What does ecclesiocracy mean?: government by church leaders
Where does ecclesiocracy come from?: Etymology tree English ecclesio- Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English ecclesiocracy From ecclesio- + -cracy.

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