timocracy noun. [tɪ'mɒkrǝsi] L15.
[Old & mod. French timocratie from medieval Latin timocratia from Greek, from timē honour, value: see -CRACY.]
1. Government with a property qualification for the ruling class; a society governed by such people. L15.

2. Government in which love of honour is the dominant motive of the ruling class; a society governed by such people. M17.

■ timo'cratic adjective M19.

■ timo'cratical adjective M17.

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