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
- Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction by church leaders over other church leaders and over the laity
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