theocracy
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The passionate, self-consciously ironic spirit animating “Compass” justifies its propensity to ramble on about, say, Wagner’s similarity to Iranian theocrats.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2018
At the same time, Iran’s theocrats have been under growing pressure, too.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 7, 2018
Reconstructionists deny that they are theocrats, to be clear, though unsurprisingly through pretzel logic.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2016
By staging the ceremony two years ahead of schedule, Lhasa's theocrats seemed to be preparing for the worst.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were not only sensible advocates of religious liberty, but theocrats as well who saw flaws in the theocracy of other Puritans.
From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by Fiske, John
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