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Definition of theocracy in English: theocracynounPlural theocracies θɪˈɒkrəsiθiˈɑkrəsi 1A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. 神权政治；僧侣政治 his ambition is to lead a worldwide theocracy mass noun it is a society just emerging from theocracy Example sentencesExamples - But the speech was most notable for the force with which Yeats pleaded that the Free State should not become a theocracy.
- Putting God in the public square runs the risk of turning our democracy into a theocracy.
- A closing chapter attempts to interpret a Christian theocracy in the context of a pluralistic culture.
- The real argument for war was the neocon contention that the Middle East is an economic backwater ruled by medieval theocracies that has become a breeding ground for high stakes terrorism.
- When Aikenhead climbed the scaffold Scotland was not far off being a theocracy in everything but name.
- The earth will have a theocracy; being ruled by God will bring perfection into the earth.
- First he debunks the criticism that the constitution establishes an Islamic theocracy.
- Iran has made the transition in the last twenty years from a nominal constitutional monarchy to a democratic theocracy.
- There is one group that wants to use democracy as an excuse for political payback and create a theocracy not a democracy.
- This is the fundamental difference between kingdoms, theocracies, feudal states, and a democratic republic.
- The Christian Right and their political minions advocate a total theocracy, plain and simple.
- Unquestionably those good English zealots founded unforgiving theocracies on the soil of New England.
- Tibet was a theocracy, ruled by incarnate Buddhas, and, in imitation of China, it had adopted a policy of almost complete exclusion.
- It would have been entirely possible for them to annul the constitution and implement a theocracy.
- All the signs lead one to believe that elections will lead to a theocracy (which I dread).
- This sort of behaviour is why many of us who have supported the fight against fascist theocracies abroad are worried about its strident counterpart at home in the democratic West.
- Democracies run by corrupt individuals will be corrupt; just as dictatorships or theocracies will be corrupt if their leaders are corrupt.
- Representatives of autocratic theocracies that finance terror, oppress women and consider homosexuality a capital crime are welcomed at many campuses.
- The implication is that the party supports replacing democracy with an Islamic theocracy.
- As long as an unelected theocracy doesn't emerge, the US will be relatively happy to declare victory and leave.
- 1.1 The commonwealth of Israel from the time of Moses until the election of Saul as king.
（古代犹太国自摩西至扫罗当选以色列国王期间的）神权政治时代；政教合一体制 Example sentencesExamples - Israel, in the days of the Theocracy, lacked a capital city.
- In the Old Testament God's purpose was fulfilled through Israel and the Theocracy.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Greek theokratia (see theo-, -cracy). Rhymesadhocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, gerontocracy, gynaecocracy (US gynecocracy), hierocracy, hypocrisy, meritocracy, mobocracy, monocracy, plutocracy, technocracy Definition of theocracy in US English: theocracynounTHēˈäkrəsēθiˈɑkrəsi 1A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. 神权政治；僧侣政治 his ambition is to lead a worldwide theocracy mass noun it is a society just emerging from theocracy Example sentencesExamples - Unquestionably those good English zealots founded unforgiving theocracies on the soil of New England.
- The Christian Right and their political minions advocate a total theocracy, plain and simple.
- As long as an unelected theocracy doesn't emerge, the US will be relatively happy to declare victory and leave.
- Putting God in the public square runs the risk of turning our democracy into a theocracy.
- It would have been entirely possible for them to annul the constitution and implement a theocracy.
- The implication is that the party supports replacing democracy with an Islamic theocracy.
- Tibet was a theocracy, ruled by incarnate Buddhas, and, in imitation of China, it had adopted a policy of almost complete exclusion.
- There is one group that wants to use democracy as an excuse for political payback and create a theocracy not a democracy.
- First he debunks the criticism that the constitution establishes an Islamic theocracy.
- All the signs lead one to believe that elections will lead to a theocracy (which I dread).
- This is the fundamental difference between kingdoms, theocracies, feudal states, and a democratic republic.
- Representatives of autocratic theocracies that finance terror, oppress women and consider homosexuality a capital crime are welcomed at many campuses.
- Iran has made the transition in the last twenty years from a nominal constitutional monarchy to a democratic theocracy.
- But the speech was most notable for the force with which Yeats pleaded that the Free State should not become a theocracy.
- This sort of behaviour is why many of us who have supported the fight against fascist theocracies abroad are worried about its strident counterpart at home in the democratic West.
- Democracies run by corrupt individuals will be corrupt; just as dictatorships or theocracies will be corrupt if their leaders are corrupt.
- The earth will have a theocracy; being ruled by God will bring perfection into the earth.
- When Aikenhead climbed the scaffold Scotland was not far off being a theocracy in everything but name.
- A closing chapter attempts to interpret a Christian theocracy in the context of a pluralistic culture.
- The real argument for war was the neocon contention that the Middle East is an economic backwater ruled by medieval theocracies that has become a breeding ground for high stakes terrorism.
- 1.1the Theocracy The commonwealth of Israel from the time of Moses until the election of Saul as king.
（古代犹太国自摩西至扫罗当选以色列国王期间的）神权政治时代；政教合一体制 Example sentencesExamples - In the Old Testament God's purpose was fulfilled through Israel and the Theocracy.
- Israel, in the days of the Theocracy, lacked a capital city.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Greek theokratia (see theo-, -cracy). |