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Aristocracies
Aristocracy Ar`is*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Aristocracies. [Gr. ?; ? best + ? to be strong, to rule, ? strength; ? is perh. from the same root as E. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F. aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to Gr. ?.] 1. Government by the best citizens. 2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs.] In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. --B. Jonson. 3. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. --Swift. 4. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
Aristocracy
Aristocracy Ar`is*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Aristocracies. [Gr. ?; ? best + ? to be strong, to rule, ? strength; ? is perh. from the same root as E. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F. aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to Gr. ?.] 1. Government by the best citizens. 2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs.] In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. --B. Jonson. 3. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. --Swift. 4. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
Aristocrat
Aristocrat A*ris"to*crat (?; 277), n. [F. aristocrate. See Aristocracy.] 1. One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble. 2. One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person. A born aristocrat, bred radical. --Mrs. Browning. 3. One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. --Romilly.
Aristocratic
Aristocratic Ar`is*to*crat"ic, Aristocratical Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.] 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. 2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.
Aristocratical
Aristocratic Ar`is*to*crat"ic, Aristocratical Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.] 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. 2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.
Aristocratically
Aristocratic Ar`is*to*crat"ic, Aristocratical Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.] 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. 2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.
Aristocraticalness
Aristocratic Ar`is*to*crat"ic, Aristocratical Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.] 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. 2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.
Aristocratism
Aristocratism Ar"is*to*crat`ism, n. 1. The principles of aristocrats. --Romilly. 2. Aristocrats, collectively. [R.]
Autocracies
Autocracy Au*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Autocracies. [Gr. ?: cf. F. autocratie. See Autocrat.] 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. --South. 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. --Barlow. 4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] --Dunglison.
Autocracy
Autocracy Au*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Autocracies. [Gr. ?: cf. F. autocratie. See Autocrat.] 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. --South. 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. --Barlow. 4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] --Dunglison.
autocrasy
Autocracy Au*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Autocracies. [Gr. ?: cf. F. autocratie. See Autocrat.] 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. --South. 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. --Barlow. 4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] --Dunglison.
Autocrat
Autocrat Au"to*crat, n. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? strength, ? strong: cf. F. autocrate. See Hard, a.] 1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar). 2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table. --Holmes.
Autocratic
Autocratic Au`to*crat"ic, Autocratical Au`to*crat"ic*al, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Autocratical
Autocratic Au`to*crat"ic, Autocratical Au`to*crat"ic*al, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Autocratically
Autocratic Au`to*crat"ic, Autocratical Au`to*crat"ic*al, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Autocrator
Autocrator Au*toc"ra*tor, n. [Gr. ?.] An autocrat. [Archaic]
Autocratorical
Autocratorical Au`to*cra*tor"ic*al, a. Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
Autocratrix
Autocratrix Au*toc"ra*trix, n. [NL.] A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.
Autocratship
Autocratship Au"to*crat*ship, n. The office or dignity of an autocrat.
Gerontocracy
Gerontocracy Ger`on*toc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ?, ?, an old man + ? to rule.] Government by old men. [R.] --Gladstone.
Jesuitocracy
Jesuitocracy Jes`u*it*oc"ra*cy, n. [Jesuit + -cracy, as in aristocracy.] Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country. [R.] --C. Kingsley.
Kakistocracy
Kakistocracy Kak`is*toc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ? worst + ? to rule.] Government by the worst men.
Otocrane
Otocrane O"to*crane, n. [Oto- + Gr. ? skull.] (Anat.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.
Otocranial
Otocranial O`to*cra"ni*al, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.
Pedantocracy
Pedantocracy Ped`an*toc"ra*cy, n. [Pedant + democracy.] The sway of pedants. [R.] --J. S. Mill.
Plantocracy
Plantocracy Plan*toc"ra*cy, n. [Planter + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by planters; planters, collectively. [R.]
Plutocracy
Plutocracy Plu*toc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ?; ? wealth + ? to be strong, to rule, fr.? strength: cf. F. plutocratie.] A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.
Plutocrat
Plutocrat Plu"to*crat, n. One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.
Plutocratic
Plutocratic Plu`to*crat"ic, a. Of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas. --Bagehot.
Statocracy
Statocracy Sta*toc"ra*cy, 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.

Meaning of Tocra from wikipedia

- Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia...
- Tocra (possibly from Quechua for faded, discolored, pale) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)...
- quinoa stalks, or the bark from certain trees, and may be called llipta, tocra or mambe depending on its composition. Many of these materials are salty...
- port of Barca (the later Arab provincial capital Barka), Teucheira (modern Tocra) and Berenice (modern Benghazi); also known as the Pentapolis inferior ("lower...
- known as Berenice, now Benghazi), Tauchira/Teuchira (later Arsinoe, and now Tocra), and Apollonia (now Susa). Its ruins are at a small village in modern Libya...
- On 13 September, evacuations were advised by authorities for the town of Tocra, west of Derna, after they warned that a dam in the area was at risk of...
- an Italian sculptor, disappeared while travelling on board the steamer Tocra, which was returning to Italy from Canada. c. 8 May 1927 Charles Nungesser...
- the village of Shahat) with its port of Apollonia (Marsa Susa), Arsinoe (Tocra), Berenice (Benghazi) and Barca (Merj). From the oldest and most famous...
- excavations at many sites, including in Smyrna, Crete, Emporio on Chios and at Tocra in Libya. His voluminous publications focus primarily on the art and architecture...
- Shahat) with its port of Apollonia (Marsa Susa), Arsinoe or Taucheira (Tocra), Euesperides or Berenice (near modern Benghazi), Balagrae (Bayda) and Barce...