Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hierocracy

/haɪəˈɹɑkɹəsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hi-e-ro-c-ra-cy
IPA
/haɪəˈɹɑkɹəsi/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Government by ecclesiastics.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The doctrine that the pope held supreme temporal, and not just spiritual, power.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hiero- + -cracy.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /haɪəˈɹɑkɹəsi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hierocracies (plural)

Derived Forms

hierocrat hierocratic

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce hierocracy?
The recorded pronunciation is /haɪəˈɹɑkɹəsi/.
What does hierocracy mean?
Government by ecclesiastics.
Where does hierocracy come from?
From hiero- + -cracy.

How to pronounce hierocracy

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