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Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.

Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. Jefferson.

arning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

Immoderateness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness. [Obs.] Chesterfield.

firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. A. Tucker.

Unregeneracy.

The act or practice of itinerating; itinerancy.

Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country. [R.] C. Kingsley.

Government by the worst men.

State of being literate.

The office or dignity of a magistrate. Blackstone.

Ministration. [Obs.]

Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole.

Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.

Government in accordance with a system of law. Milman.

The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy. "Obduracy and persistency." Shak. The absolute completion of sin in final obduracy. South.

A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. Hare.