A English suffix -archy (from Greek αρχη ruler) denotes leadership & government. Understand Political philosophy and politics.

Governments
anarchy—rule by none andrarchy—rule by men biarchy, diarchy, duarchy, dyarchy—rule by *chiliarchy—rule by *cryptarchy—secret rule decarchy—rule by *dodecarchy—rule by *ecclesiarchy—rule by the church exarchy—rule by the bishop or bishops gynarchy—rule by women hecatontarchy—rule by *hendecarchy—rule by *heptarchy—rule by *hexarchy—rule by *kritarchy—rule by the judge or judges matriarchy—rule by mothers or women monarchy, autarchy—rule by *myriarchy—rule by *octarchy—rule by *oligarchy—rule by a few paedarchy—rule by children panarchy—universal rule pantarchy—rule by all paparchy—rule by the pope parsonarchy, hierarchy—rule by priests patriarchy—rule by fathers or men pentarchy—rule by *phylarchy—rule by the class or tribe plutarchy—rule by the wealthy polyarchy—rule by many terarchy—(fabricated) rule by the monster or monsters tetrarchy—rule by *thearchy—rule by God or gods triacontarchy—rule by *triarchy, tritarchy—rule by *whiggarchy—rule by members of the Whig party