Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a theocracy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God.

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  • adjective Pertaining to theocracy.
  • adjective Conforming to God-rule, by Christian behavior.

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  • adjective of or relating to or being a theocracy

Etymologies

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theocrat +‎ -ic.

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Examples

  • Because a 3rd alternative, a party neither corrupt nor genocidal&theocratic is beyond the ability of the Palestinians.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Israeli Election 2009

  • Because a 3rd alternative, a party neither corrupt nor genocidal&theocratic is beyond the ability of the Palestinians.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Israeli Election 2009

  • Because a 3rd alternative, a party neither corrupt nor genocidal&theocratic is beyond the ability of the Palestinians.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Israeli Election 2009

  • (á là writerTim LaHaye and Pastor John Hagee) and nonapocalyptic, long term theocratic political activists.

    Talk To Action 2008

  • A large and restive trade union movement could become a locus of opposition, as could a growing number of prominent Shiite theologians who reject the idea of theocratic rule.

    Solidarity With Iran 2009

  • John Hagee) and nonapocalyptic, long term theocratic political activists.

    FrederickClarkson.com 2008

  • Persia may be described as a theocratic democracy under an absolute monarchy.

    Persia Revisited Thomas Edward Gordon 1873

  • This is not about modesty, but institutionalized shame, dysfunctional sexuality, misogyny and control, in other words theocratic dictatorships.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The Iranian people have been forced, yet again, to admit painfully that they clearly cannot call the theocratic rule over them anything other than an absolute dictatorship.

    news.newamericamedia.org 2009

  • One would never guess that she was a politician with intimate ties to movements best described as theocratic fascist, who has campaigned for the outlawing of abortion and the teaching of creationism.

    Latest entries from edstrong.blog-city.com 2008

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  • Pertaining to Theocrates, or Theocritus, a poet of ancient Sicily.

    April 17, 2008