arch, -archic, -archical, -archism, -archist, -archy
(Greek: govern, rule; ruler, chief [first in position])
ecclesiarch
1. An official of the Greek Orthodox Church, resembling a sacrist in the Roman Catholic Church.
2. Literally, "a ruler of a church" or church body.
ecclesiarchy
Governed by a church.
endarchy
Government from an inner center of conrol.
ennearchy
A government composed of nine rulers.
eparchy
1. One of the subdivisions of the modern kingdom of Greece; a division of a nomarchy.
2. In the Russian (Greek) Church, a diocese.
ethnarch
A governor of a nation or people; a ruler over a province.
ethnarchy
1. The dignity or office of an ethnarch.
2. The dominion of, or province ruled by, an ethnarch (a ruler of a province of people).
3. Government over or rule of an ethnic group
gynandrarchy
1. A social organization among insects differing from gynarchy in that the male takes part in establishing the colony.
2. Rule or government by a man and a woman or by both men and women.
gynarchy
1. Government by a woman or women.
2. A social organization among insects in which the male does not take part in establishing the colony.
hagiarchy
The rule or order of saints or those considered to be holy.
hamarchy
Ruling together (distinct parts have individual action, but all parts work together).
hecatarchy, hecatonarchy, hecatontarchy
Government by a hundred rulers.
hendecarchy
Government by eleven people.
heptarch
A ruler of one of seven divisions of a country; one of the rulers of the heptarchy.
heptarchy
A government by seven rulers; an aggregate of seven districts or petty kingdoms, each under its own ruler; specifically, the seven kingdoms reckoned to have been established by the Angles and Saxons in Britain.
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