Cryptarchy

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: en, /ˈkɹɪp.tɑː.ki/

Origin

From -("secret") + crypto("government") + -

Full definition of cryptarchy

Noun

1. a secret government or rulership
• 1798, Yet these “ubiquitary nullibists,” (to borrow the jargon of Henry More,) this cosmopolitan cryptarchy, is co-extensive with the habitable world; and while with one hand it is preparing for Paris and Marseilles the desertion and desolation of ...