-archy /əki, ɑːki $ ərki, ɑːrki/
suffix [in nouns][
Language: Old French;
Origin: -archie, from Latin -archia, from Greek, from archein; ⇒ arch-]
used to talk about a particular type of government:
anarchy (=no government) monarchy (=having a king or queen) [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲