theocracy
noun
the·oc·ra·cy
thē-ˈä-krə-sē 
plural theocracies
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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Iran launched a second round of missiles against Israel while Israel's military kept up attacks in Iran following earlier strikes that targeted nuclear and military sites and killed key leaders in the country's governing theocracy.
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Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
The leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed, Iranian state television reported, in a major body blow to Tehran’s governing theocracy and an immediate escalation of the nations’ long-simmering conflict.
—Jon Gambrell, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, stars Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne, a woman enslaved as a Handmaid in an alternative America taken over by Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 27 May 2025
After the 1979 Revolution, Iran’s theocracy expanded the gruesome compound, which includes gallows and an execution yard.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
The leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed, Iranian state television reported, in a major body blow to Tehran’s governing theocracy and an immediate escalation of the nations’ long-simmering conflict.
—Jon Gambrell, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, stars Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne, a woman enslaved as a Handmaid in an alternative America taken over by Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 27 May 2025
After the 1979 Revolution, Iran’s theocracy expanded the gruesome compound, which includes gallows and an execution yard.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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theocracy
noun
the·oc·ra·cy
thē-ˈäk-rə-sē
plural theocracies
1
: government of a country by officials believed to have divine guidance
2
: a country governed by a theocracy
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