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Definition of: theocracy
(thē·ok′rə·sē) noun plural ·cies
1. A state, polity, or group of people that claims a deity as its ruler, as ancient Israel after the Exodus.
2. Government of a state by a god, or by a priestly class claiming to have divine authority, as in the Papacy. [<Gk. theokratia <theos god + krateein rule]
—the·o·crat·ic (thē′ə·krat′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
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