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theocracy
(encz) | theocracy,teokracie n: náboženská vláda fikus |
Theocracy
(gcide) | Theocracy \The*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to be strong, to
rule, fr. ? strength: cf. F. th['e]ocratie. See Theism, and
cf. Democracy.]
1. Government of a state by the immediate direction or
administration of God; hence, the exercise of political
authority by priests as representing the Deity.
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2. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before
it became a kingdom.
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theocracy
(wn) | theocracy
n 1: a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials
thought to be divinely guided)
2: the belief in government by divine guidance |
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Theocracy
(gcide) | Theocracy \The*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to be strong, to
rule, fr. ? strength: cf. F. th['e]ocratie. See Theism, and
cf. Democracy.]
1. Government of a state by the immediate direction or
administration of God; hence, the exercise of political
authority by priests as representing the Deity.
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2. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before
it became a kingdom.
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