Definition of Hierocracy. Meaning of Hierocracy. Synonyms of Hierocracy

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Definition of Hierocracy

Hierocracy
Hierocracy Hi`er*oc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. "iero`s sacred + ? to be strong, rule.] Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. --Jefferson.

Meaning of Hierocracy from wikipedia

- Theocracy is a form of government in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries...
- In the Middle Ages, hierocracy or papalism was a current of Latin legal and political thought that argued that the pope held supreme authority over not...
- the cabinet and parliament Dualism in medieval politics, opposition to hierocracy (medieval) Epistemological dualism, the epistemological question of whether...
- specifies caesaropapism as the domination of religion by secular powers; hierocracy as the legitimating oversight of the political realm by religious functionaries;...
- religious leader). In this form, caesaropapism inverts theocracy (or hierocracy in Weber), in which institutions of the church control the state. Both...
- ecclesiocracy may refer to: Theocracy, a form of religious State government Hierocracy (medieval), papal temporal supremacy over the State Ecclesiastical polity...
- Italy (Risorgimento). Donation of Pepin Duchy of Rome Gregorian Reform Hierocracy (medieval) Interdict (Catholic canon law) Investiture Controversy Neo-ultramontanism...
- hier- holy, sacred Gr**** ἱερός (hierós) hierarch, hierarchy, hieratic, hierocracy, hierodeacon, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hierogram, hierolatry, hieromonk...
- battle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Cæsaropapism Guelph, Ontario Hierocracy (medieval) Royal Guelphic Order Angelov, Dimiter (2019). The Byzantine...
- The bull was the definitive statement of the late medieval theory of hierocracy, which argued for the temporal as well as spiritual supremacy of the pope...