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theocracy

[thee-ok-ruh-see] / θiˈɒk rə si /
NOUN
government in which a deity is the supreme civil ruler
Synonyms
STRONGEST
church-state hierocracy


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But there are more pressing priorities for Iran's theocracy in this moment.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

They will test the theocracy to see whether the war has attenuated its strength.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Iran’s government is an explicit theocracy with the ayatollah, the supreme leader, maintaining both a religious and political role.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2026

In Westwood — the epicenter of the community, where the eponymous boulevard is lined by storefronts covered in Persian script — the widespread opposition to Iran’s hard-line theocracy is hard to miss.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2026

The last member of the triune conception of the Deity was considered, under the Brahminical theocracy, the living, vital, active, life-imparting agent in both the first and second births of men and the gods.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey

The pope vowed that the church was not in the business of building theocracies.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

They came here to escape war, political and religious persecution, lack of opportunity and corrupt systems lead by despotic strongmen or brutal theocracies.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2024

From theocracies to autocracies and, of course, some democracies too, the list is long.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2022

Believe it or not, many people who live in them don't want to live in theocracies.

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2018

They are at bottom two theocracies, the laws and institutions of which rest upon the gods themselves, though the theocratic form is far more prominent in Peru than in Mexico.

From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by R?ville, Albert



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