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Theocracy

Theocracy Meaning & Definition
Theocracy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Theocracy?

[n] the belief in government by divine guidance
[n] a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

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See Also | church-state | form of government | ideology | political orientation | political system | political theory

Theocracy In Webster's Dictionary

\The*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to be strong, to rule, fr. ? strength: cf. F. th['e]ocratie. See {Theism}, and cf. {Democracy}.] 1. Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity. 2. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.

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