Theocracy

ahd-5
  • noun. Government ruled by or subject to religious authority.
  • noun. A country or state governed in this way.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A form of government in which God is recognized as the supreme civil ruler of the state, and his laws are taken as the statute-book of the kingdom.
  • noun. A state so governed: usually applied, with the definite article, to the Jewish commonwealth from the time of its organization under Moses until the inauguration of the monarchy under Saul.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
  • noun. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
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  • noun. Government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion.
  • noun. Rule by God.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
  • noun. the belief in government by divine guidance
    • Word Usage
    "I disagree on a core level that a theocracy is the ideal government."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ideology  political orientation  political theory  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aristocracy  autocracy  bureaucracy  democracy  hypocrisy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deism  documentary  monotheism  profaneness  sacerdotalism  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absolute monarchy  aristocracy  autarchy  autocracy  autonomy  
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