optimacy

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optimacy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Optimacy \Op"ti*ma*cy\, n. [Cf. F. optimatie. See Optimate.]
     1. Government by the nobility. [R.] --Howell.
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     2. Collectively, the nobility. [R.]
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