Aristarchy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aristarchy is a noun meaning Government by the best rulers.
Meaning
Government by the best rulers.
More Meanings
- A body of such rulers.
Example Sentences
All good and wholesome laws, virtue and truth above all things, and aristarchy, live forever. But woe to tyrants, mobs, aristocracy, anarchy, and toryism […]
[A Presbyterian session] is […] a court of monarchs, or aristarchs, who hold their office for life; a limited monarchy […] or, more strictly, an aristarchy of rulers appointed for life, and ruling on the principle of elective aristarchy.
Word Forms
- aristarchies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aristocracy, aristodemocracy, aristocratism, aristocraticism, aristocrat, optimacy.
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