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Definition of "theocracy" []

  • A government ruled by or subject to religious authority. (noun)
  • A state so governed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "theocracy" in a sentence
  • "I disagree on a core level that a theocracy is the ideal government."
  • "The fact that a good portion of the Republican base wants to turn the United States into a theocracy is another (and even from a purely pragmatic view of history, which theocracies exactly do we want to emulate?)"
  • "As a Christian, the idea of an American theocracy is terrifying."