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timoˈcratical, a. [f. as prec. + -al1: see -ical.] = prec. a.a1647Sir R. Filmer Observ. Aristotle's Pol. (1652) 6 It may very properly be called a timocratical Government, where Magistrates are chosen by their wealth. 1844Thirlwall Greece VIII. lxi. 85 A timocratical restriction on the exercise of the franchise. b.1822T. Mitchell Aristoph. II. 13 In..Plato's Republic..the author traces out the origin of four different sorts of government (viz. the timocratical or Lacedæmonian [etc.]). 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 99 Beginning with the timocracy, let us go on to the timocratical man. |