hagiarchy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hagio- +‎ -archy

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈheɪdʒiˌɑː(ɹ)ki/, /ˈhædʒiˌɑː(ɹ)ki/

Noun[edit]

hagiarchy (plural hagiarchies)

  1. A government run by holy or religious people.
    • 1826, Robert Southey, Letters to Charles Butler, Esq.:
      St. Benedict and the Seraphic St. Francis, personages of the highest order in the hagiarchy, found it necessary to prescribe for themselves a roll among the briars

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