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Type Words
Type of form of government, political system
Has types hierocracy, church-state
Derivation theocratic
Type Words
Type of ideology, political orientation, political theory

Examples of theocracy

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In the end, it was theocracy that folded and freedom of religion that prevailed.
From the washingtontimes.com
Despite all efforts to the contrary, the United States is still not a theocracy.
From the post-gazette.com
The cause has been hijacked in the name of theocracy and hatred towards Israel.
From the washingtontimes.com
Iran does have a theocracy, and that theocracy demands that it not be questioned.
From the economist.com
Pakistan is a nighmare and it is ready to explode, becoming a jihadist theocracy.
From the guardian.co.uk
Iranian theocracy, which now depends for its legitimacy on an unstable demagogue?
From the washingtonpost.com
Allowing one more nation to declare a theocracy in the 21st century is a tragedy.
From the guardian.co.uk
An alien theocracy is the antithesis of American democracy and all it stands for.
From the time.com
He has embarked on a forced march backward to fundamentalist Islamic theocracy.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
  • The belief in government by divine guidance
  • (theocratic) of or relating to or being a theocracy; "a theocratic state"
  • Theocracy is a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler, or in a higher sense, a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. ...
  • Theocracy is the self-titled debut album by the Christian Progressive Power metal band Theocracy. It was released in 2003 on MetalAges Records. The album was a one man project created by musician Matt Smith.
  • Theocracy is a real-time strategy game for the PC developed by Philos Laboratories and published by Ubisoft in 2000. The game takes place in Mexico and Central America in the 1400s. ...
  • Government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion; Rule by God
  • (Theocratic) Refers to societies ruled by clergy.
  • The rule of God. In 1914 Jesus set up an invisible theocratic government in heaven, which rules the lives of JWs through Christ's chosen channel, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.