-archy

-archy

suff.

Rule; government: oligarchy.

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[From words such as (mon)archy.]

-archy

n combining form

government; rule: anarchy; monarchy.

[from Greek -arkhia; see -arch]

-archic adj combining form

-archist n combining form

-archy

a combining form meaning “rule,” “government,” forming abstract nouns usu. corresponding to personal nouns ending in -arch: monarchy; oligarchy.

[Middle English -archie < Latin -archia < Greek]