Synonyms of theocracies

theocracies

noun

plural of theocracy

as in democracies

a group of people who live in a territory ruled by a religious body

The country was a theocracy governed by religious leaders.

Related Words

• democracies
• monarchies
• republics
• dictatorships
• kingdoms
• provinces
• sultanates
• principalities
• sovereigns
• states
• nation-states
• city-states
• oligarchies
• countries
• empires
• nations
• domains
• monocracies
• microstates
• colonies
• realms
• dominions
• duchies
• ministates
• emirates
• dependencies
• mandates
• settlements
• dukedoms
• homelands
• trust territories
• seigniories
• soil
• commonwealths
• superpowers
• client states
• great powers
• world powers
• condominiums
• fatherlands
• sea powers
• welfare states
• lands
• powers
• motherlands
• sovereignties

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of theocracies

That truce, born from the scars of Europe’s bloody religious wars and America’s own colonial theocracies, was deemed unbreakable, but Falwell was making inroads toward prying it apart. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026