Government controlled by the church/priesthood or a proclaimed living god. Examples could be ancient Egypt and modern day Iran.

1737; earlier as un-Latinized theocraty (1620s), "form of government in which God is recognized as supreme ruler and his laws form the statute book," originally of the sacerdotal government [..]

Theocracy [N]a word first used by Josephus to denote that the Jews were under the direct government of God himself. The nation was in all things subject to the will of their invisible King. All the pe [..]

A system where the only appropriate political leaders are persons who see themselves as devoted to carrying out the will of God as interpreted by a common religion.

n. A government administered by ecclesiastics.

  From the Greek words: "Theos" (God) and "cratein" (to rule). A government in which the church and state are unified. Such a union is generally has disastrous effe [..]

a word first used by Josephus to denote that the Jews were under the direct government of God himself. The nation was in all things subject to the will of their invisible King. All the people were the [..]

A form of government in which the clergy exercise or bestow all legitimate political authority and in which religious law is dominant over civil law and enforced by state agencies.

[From Greek theos = god and krateein = to rule.] Rule by a god, which in practice means rule by a priesthood. No separation of church and state. Compare with aristocracy. Totalitarian. A regime of com [..]

Rule by the church.

  Rule by a priesthood or religious elite, with rule of law based on religious doctrine or scripture.

Theocracy is a form of government which defers not to civil development of law, but to an interpretation of the will of a God as set out in religious scripture and authorities. Law in a theocracy must [..]

(n) a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)(n) the belief in government by divine guidance

Any government in which the leaders of the government are also the leaders of the religion and they rule as representatives of the deity. Government by deity or priesthood. Generally realised as the unity of ecclesiatic and secular power. A form of government in which the clergy exercise or bestow all legitimate political authority and in which rel [..]

A form of government in which the clergy exercise or bestow all legitimate political authority and in which religious law is dominant over civil law and enforced by state agencies. See also: legitimac [..]