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Pronunciation: [θɪˈɒkɹəsɪz] (IPA)

Theocracies refer to the systems of government in which religious leaders hold the main authority. Synonyms for theocracies include ecclesiocracies, priestocracies, hierarchies, and clerocracies. Ecclesiocracies commonly refer to states where religious authorities rule in the name of a church. Priestocracies describe societies governed by an elite group of religious officials. Hierarchies denote systems of government where rule is held by a specific religious order or council. Lastly, clerocracies focus on government where religious leaders directly or indirectly hold power. These synonyms highlight the diverse forms of government that rely on religious doctrine to underpin their legal systems and policies.
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    government, Polities, states, systems, regimes, forms of rule, governing structures, political entities, systems of governance, systems of rule.

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His heart harshly ticking like a clock, he viewed, as in a vision, the march of the nations, the crash of falling theocracies, of dying dynasties.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
The New England colonies were, in fact, theocracies.
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
M. Comte had also no small sympathy with the Oriental theocracies, as he calls the sacerdotal castes, who indeed often deserved it by their early services to intellect and civilization; by the aid they gave to the establishment of regular government, the valuable though empirical knowledge they accumulated, and the height to which they helped to carry some of the useful arts.
"Auguste Comte and Positivism"
John-Stuart Mill

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  • The Athenian empire lasted for fifty years at the most, and the stupendous creation of Alexander the Great for less. What has been the fate of succeeding imperialisms? That of Spain endured on the grand scale for little more than a century; that of Napoleon for a decade; the British Empire is less than two centuries old, and in its present form is a thing of yesterday. In the brief span of recorded history empires have had a shorter life than many monarchies, theocracies, and even republics. The Augustan alone reached a venerable age. In the coming of Christianity it had to face the greatest of all historic convulsions, but such was its potency that it weathered the storm and influenced profoundly the organization of the Christian church.
    John Buchan

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