English Dictionary

aristarchy

noun

Government by the best rulers. / A body of such rulers.

Aristarchy is a form of government where the best rulers govern.

意味（1）

Government by the best rulers.

All good and wholesome laws, virtue and truth above all things, and aristarchy, live forever. But woe to tyrants, mobs, aristocracy, anarchy, and toryism […]

意味（2）

A body of such rulers.

[A Presbyterian session] is […] a court of monarchs, or aristarchs, who hold their office for life; a limited monarchy […] or, more strictly, an aristarchy of rulers appointed for life, and ruling on the principle of elective aristarchy.