theocracy
🇬🇧 UK/θi'ɒkrәsi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A system of government in which religious leaders or divine authority rules the state.
神权政治;神权国家
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.religious theocracy宗教神权政治
- 2.[establish a theocracy]建立神权国家
- 3.theocracy and democracy神权政治与民主
- 4.[theocratic rule]神权统治
Example Sentences
- 1.
Iran is often cited as a modern example of a theocracy.
- 2.
In a theocracy, religious law takes precedence over civil legislation.