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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a ruling body composed of clergy;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hierocracy \Hi`er*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. "iero`s sacred + ? to be strong, rule.] Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. --Jefferson. Hieroglyph
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hierocracy n 1: a ruling body composed of clergy