Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OL'I-GARCH-Y
OL-I-GARCH'AL, or OL-I-GARCH'IC-ALOL'I-GIST, or OL-I-GIST'IC
OL'I-GARCH-Y, n. [Gr. ολιγαρχια; ολιγος, few, and αρχη, rule.]
A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in a few hands; a species of aristocracy. Swift.
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