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.
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.