The*oc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. ; God + to be strong, to rule, fr. strength: cf. F. th'eocratie. 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.
2.
The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
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