Usually means: Rule by the oldest members.
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  1. gerontocracies: Merriam-Webster
  2. gerontocracies: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gerontocracies: Vocabulary.com
  4. gerontocracies: Wiktionary
  5. gerontocracies: Dictionary.com
  6. Gerontocracies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. gerontocracies: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See gerontocracy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gerontocracy)

noun:  Government by elders.
▸ Also see gerontocracy


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