gerontocracy

gerontocracy
gerontocrat /jeuh ron"teuh krat'/, n.gerontocratic, adj.
/jer'euhn tok"reuh see, jear'-/, n., pl. gerontocracies.
1. government by a council of elders.
2. a governing body consisting of old people.
3. a state or government in which old people rule.
[1820-30; GERONTO- + -CRACY]

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