frailocracy

== English == === Etymology === Partial calque of Philippine Spanish frailocracia using -cracy. === Pronunciation === (Philippines) IPA(key): /fɾai̯.loˈkɾa.si/ === Noun === frailocracy (uncountable) (Philippines, historical) excessive and disproportionate socio-political-economic dominance of the Spanish Catholic friars over Spanish colonial Philippines, that was a constant target of criticism by the Filipino intelligentsia known as the ilustrados during the late 1800s