Rarely -craty. [ad. Gr. θαλασσοκρατία, f. θάλασσα sea + -κρατία, -CRACY.] Mastery at sea; the sovereignty of the sea.
1846. Grote, Greece, I. xx. II. 151. The legendary thalassocraty of Minôs.
1880. B. Head, Guide Coins & Medals Brit. Mus., 6. The Phocæan Thalassocracy lasted from about 602–558 B.C.
1903. Cornh. Mag., Feb., 258. The existence of the Phœnician thalassocracy can be proved in detail.
