cryptarchy

English

Etymology

From crypt- (“secret”) +‎ -archy (“government”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪp.tɑː.ki/

Noun

cryptarchy (plural cryptarchies)

  1. A secret government or rulership.
    • 1798, The Monthly Review, volume 25, page 511:
      Yet these “ubiquitary nullibists,” (to borrow the jargon of Henry More,) this cosmopolitan cryptarchy, is co-extensive with the habitable world; and while with one hand it is preparing for Paris and Marseilles the desertion and desolation of […]
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