theocracy
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theocracy
- /θiːˈɒkɹəsi/
Sounds like theocrasy
Where it comes from
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..."
noun theocracies
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Government under the control of a state religion.
Near-synonym: clericocracy
Similar: clericocracy
- Rule by a god. For quotations using this term, see Citations:theocracy.
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noun government under the control of a Church
| Español | teocracia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신권 정치 sin'gwon jeongchi, 제정 일치 jejeong ilchi |
| 日本語 | 神権政治 shinken seiji |
| 中文 | 神權政治 /神权政治 shénquán zhèngzhì, 政教合一 zhèngjiào héyī |
| हिन्दी | धर्मतंत्र dharmatantra |
| Português | teocracia |
| Français | théocratie |
| Deutsch | Theokratie, Gottesstaat, Kirchenstaat |
| Italiano | teocrazia |
| Ελληνικά | θεοκρατία theokratía |
| Română | teocrație |
| Русский | теокра́тия teokrátija, церко́вное госуда́рство cerkóvnoje gosudárstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | thần quyền |
| العربية | ثِيُقْرَاطِيَّة ṯiyuqrāṭiyya |
| עברית | תאוקרטיה teokrátya |
noun rule by God or gods
| Español | teocracia |
|---|---|
| Français | théocratie |
Talk about this word "theocracy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/theocracy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. theocracy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/theocracy "theocracy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/theocracy.Cite this
@misc{theocracy_2026,
title = {theocracy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/theocracy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
