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gerontarchical, a. rare.|ˌdʒɛrənˈtɑːkɪkəl|
[f. Gr. γεροντ-, γέρων old man + -αρχ-ος ruling + -ic + -al1. (In this and the three following words, many scholars would pronounce the initial letter as (g), not as |dʒ|.)]
Pertaining to, of the nature of, government by old men.
1884Med. Times May 669/2 It [the Apothecaries' Company] preferred to retain its gerontarchical constitution. |