From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English-archy-archy /əki, ɑːki $ ərki, ɑːrki/ suffix [in nouns] GOVERENMENTused to talk about a particular type of government anarchy (=no government) monarchy (=having a king or queen)Origin -archy Old French -archie, from Latin -archia, from Greek, from archein; → ARCH-
