Ecclesiastical government

Ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical hierarchy, or ecclesiocracy may refer to:

Theocracy, a form of religious State government Hierocracy (medieval), papal temporal supremacy over the State Ecclesiastical polity, the government of a Christian denomination Hierarchy of the Catholic Church Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction by church leaders over other church leaders and over the laity Consistory (Protestantism) Consistory (Judaism) Papal consistory