ruling class (n.)
- archbishopric
- aristocracy
- bishopric
- bureaucracy
- chairmanship
- chancellery
- chancellorship
- chieftaincy
- chieftainship
- consulate
- consulship
- cream
- deanery
- dictatorship
- directorate
- directorship
- elite
- emirate
- episcopacy
- establishment
- governorship
- headship
- hegemony
- hierarchy
- leadership
- lordship
- magistracy
- magistrature
- management
- mastership
- mastery
- mayoralty
- ministry
- nobility
- officialdom
- overlapping
- papacy
- patriarchate
- patriarchy
- pontificate
- prefecture
- prelacy
- premiership
- presidency
- presidentship
- princedom
- principality
- proconsulate
- proconsulship
- protectorate
- protectorship
- rectorate
- rectorship
- regency
- seigniory
- sheikhdom
- suzerainty
- them
- they
- viziership
