Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Timocracy

Timocracy , noun

[Greek {not transcribed}; {not transcribed} honor, worth (from {not transcribed} to honor) + {not transcribed} to govern: compare French timocratie.]

(a)
(Greek Antiquities) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
(b)
(Greek Antiquities) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.