frailocracy
Meanings
noun
- excessive and disproportionate socio-political-economic dominance of the Spanish Catholic friars over Spanish colonial Philippines, that was a constant target of criticism by the Filipino intelligentsia known as the ilustrados during the late 1800s
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Partial calque of Philippine Spanish frailocracia using -cracy.
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