hierocracy
/hahy-uh-rok-ruh-see, hahy-rok-/US // ˌhaɪ əˈrɒk rə si, haɪˈrɒk- //UK // (ˌhaɪəˈrɒkrəsɪ) //
等级制度,层级制度,层级制,层次结构
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural hi·er·oc·ra·cies.
- : rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
Examples
Wellhausen ridicules the "fine" distinction between hierocracy and theocracy.
He met the inevitable demand of the hierocracy, "By what authority doest thou these things?"
The form of government is far nearer a democracy than a hierocracy.
And indeed this is the fatal result of every theocracy, for it can never really be anything but a hierocracy or rule of priests.
When a hierocracy has been firmly established its evolution always follows similar lines.
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