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noun the·oc·ra·cy \thē-ˈä-krə-sē\

: a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders

: a country that is ruled by religious leaders

plural the·oc·ra·cies

Full Definition of THEOCRACY

1

:  government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided

2

:  a state governed by a theocracy

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Origin of THEOCRACY

Greek theokratia, from the- + -kratia -cracy

First Known Use: 1622

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with THEOCRACY

autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, Eurocracy, kleptocracy, mobocracy, plantocracy, plutocracy, slavocracy, technocracy