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