theocracy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /θiːˈɒkɹəsi/
Etymology
From theo- + -cracy, originally from Ancient Greek θεοκρατία (theokratía, “rule of (a) God”), a term coined in the 1st century by Josephus (Against Apion 2.17) in reference to the ancient Israelite polity under the Mosaic covenant. Attested in English from the 1620s, first by John Donne in A Sermon upon the fifth of November 1622. being the Anniversary celebration of our Deliverance from the Powder Treason: "The Jews were onely under a Theocratie, an immediate government of God..."
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Government under the control of a state religion.
The Vatican City State is a sovereign city-state and a Christian theocracy ruled by the Pope.
Near-synonym: clericocracy
Tibet was a Buddhist theocracy ruled by the Dalai Lama prior to Chinese annexation.
Lynch certainly seems to think to. “We feel liberated from the prism of the past,” he says. “Ireland was a theocracy.”
2023 December 2, Frederick Studemann, quoting Paul Lynch, “Civilisation is so easily lost”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
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(countable, uncountable) Rule by a god.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:theocracy.
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| theocracies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (82)
az teokratiya (government under the control of a Church) · io teokratio (government under the control of a Church) · is klerkaveldi (government under the control of a Church) · ko 신권 정치 (government under the control of a Church) · da teokrati (government under the control of a Church) · pt teocracia (government under the control of a Church) · sh teokracija (government under the control of a Church) · hy կրոնապետություն (government under the control of a Church) · cv теократи (government under the control of a Church) · cs teokracie (government under the control of a Church) · fa تئوکراسی (government under the control of a Church) · ca teocràcia (rule by God or gods) · kk теократия (government under the control of a Church) · fr théocratie (government under the control of a Church) · nn teokrati (government under the control of a Church) · ko 제정 일치 (government under the control of a Church) · ka თეოკრატია (government under the control of a Church) · sl teokracija (government under the control of a Church) · nl theocratie (government under the control of a Church) · fi teokratia (government under the control of a Church) · tl teokrasya (government under the control of a Church) · de Theokratie (government under the control of a Church) · ast teocracia (government under the control of a Church) · sq teokraci (government under the control of a Church) · ky теократия (government under the control of a Church) · hu teokrácia (government under the control of a Church) · vi thần quyền (government under the control of a Church) · nb teokrati (government under the control of a Church) · sh теокрација (government under the control of a Church) · lt teokratija (government under the control of a Church) · th เทวาธิปไตย (government under the control of a Church) · it teocrazia (government under the control of a Church) · hi धर्मतंत्र (government under the control of a Church) · grc θεοκρατία (government under the control of a Church) · bg теокра́ция (government under the control of a Church) · ja 神権政治 (government under the control of a Church) · es teocracia (government under the control of a Church) · scn teocrazzìa (government under the control of a Church) · uk теокра́тія (government under the control of a Church) · be тэакра́тыя (government under the control of a Church) · hy թեոկրատիա (government under the control of a Church) · mt teokrazija (government under the control of a Church) · cmn 神權政治 /神权政治 (government under the control of a Church) · sv teokrati (government under the control of a Church) · lo ເທວາທິປະໄຕ (government under the control of a Church) · eu teokrazia (government under the control of a Church) · uz teokratiya (government under the control of a Church) · oc teocracia (government under the control of a Church) · pl teokracja (government under the control of a Church) · mk теократија (government under the control of a Church) · af teokrasie (government under the control of a Church) · is guðveldi (rule by God or gods) · th เทวาธิปไตย (rule by God or gods) · de Kirchenstaat (government under the control of a Church) · gl teocracia (government under the control of a Church) · de Gottesstaat (government under the control of a Church) · sip ཆོ་གཞི (government under the control of a Church) · ms teokrasi (government under the control of a Church) · es teocracia (rule by God or gods) · lv teokrātija (government under the control of a Church) · ar ثِيُقْرَاطِيَّة (government under the control of a Church) · eo teokratio (government under the control of a Church) · tg теократия (government under the control of a Church) · cmn 政教合一 (government under the control of a Church) · yi טעאָקראַציע (government under the control of a Church) · he תאוקרטיה (government under the control of a Church) · ru теокра́тия (government under the control of a Church) · tr teokrasi (government under the control of a Church) · ro teocrație (government under the control of a Church) · id teokrasi (government under the control of a Church) · sh teokratija (government under the control of a Church) · crh teokratiya (government under the control of a Church) · fi teokratia (rule by God or gods) · ca teocràcia (government under the control of a Church) · et teokraatia (government under the control of a Church) · sh теократија (government under the control of a Church) · el θεοκρατία (government under the control of a Church) · fr théocratie (rule by God or gods) · ba теократия (government under the control of a Church) · hu papi uralom (government under the control of a Church) · sk teokracia (government under the control of a Church) · ru церко́вное госуда́рство (government under the control of a Church)