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frailocracia.

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

12 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɾailoˈkɾaθja/[fɾai̯.loˈkɾa.θja]/fɾailoˈkɾasja/[fɾai̯.loˈkɾa.sja]
  1. 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

    Philippines · feminine · historical · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From fraile + -o- + -cracia, famously coined by Marcelo H. del Pilar.

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