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Noun Concept

Categories: Religion and politics, Authoritarianism, Articles with short description, Oligarchy, Theocracy

theocracy Buddhocracy Christian theocracies Christian theocracy ecclesiastical state

A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided) WordNet 3.0

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A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Theocracy is a form of government in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the government's daily affairs, or in which human leaders who follow a certain religion are thought of as the ideal and only class of ruler. Wikipedia

Form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion. OmegaWiki

Government under the control of a state-sponsored religion. Wiktionary

Tibet was a Buddhist theocracy ruled by the Dalai Lama. Wiktionary

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Constitutional theocracy