hierocracy
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When a hierocracy has been firmly established its evolution always follows similar lines.
From Tales of Bengal by Banerjea, S. B.
The problem would in this case still be the same, namely, to explain how it is that with and after the exile the hierocracy begins to come into practical activity.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
The circumstance is one indication of a melancholy process of disintegration that was at that time going on within the hierocracy.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
According to natural order, Vermont will emerge next, because least, after Rhode Island, under the yoke of hierocracy.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
For under the last-named the secularisation of the hierocracy no longer presented any attractive aspects; it was wholly repellent.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
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