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OLIGARCHY

ol·i·gar·chy [ol-i-gahr-kee]

–noun, plural -chies.

1. a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

2. a state or organization so ruled.

3. the persons or class so ruling.

[Origin: 1570–80; < ML oligarchia < Gk oligarchía.