Theocracy

Theocracy
Theocracy 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. [1913 Webster]

2. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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