theocracies

noun

the belief in government by divine guidance

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

Roots

theostheo- · Greek · god kratoscrac- · Greek · rule, power ia-ies · Greek · forming abstract nouns (plural)

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