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-archy definition

-archy (är kē, ər kē)

rule or government matriarchy, monarchy

Etymology: via ME -archy or OFr -archie or L -archia < Gr archein, to rule

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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