Theocracy

n. government by priests or religious officials believed to be divinely guided

For the metal band, refer to Theocracy (band).For the computer strategy game, refer to Theocracy (computer game).Theocracy is a form of government. Theocracies are either oligarchies or autocracies by the ruling priests. For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine power governs an earthly human state, either in a personal incarnation or, more often, via religious institutional representatives (i.e.: a church), replacing or dominating civil government. Theocratic governments enact theonomic laws.
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Noun
1. a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
(hypernym) political system, form of government
(hyponym) church-state
2. the belief in government by divine guidance
(hypernym) political orientation, ideology, political theory

(n.)
The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
  

(n.)
Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
  

A species of government which claims to be immediately directed by God.

Religion, which in former times, frequently associated itself with despotism, to reign, by its power, or under its shadow, has sometimes attempted to reign alone, and this she has called the reign of God, theocracy.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.