Statocracy

Statocracy
Statocracy Sta*toc"ra*cy (st[.a]*t[o^]k"r[.a]*s[y^]), n. [State + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by ecclesiastical power. [R.] --O. A. Brownson. [1913 Webster]

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