theocratic
adjective
theo·crat·ic
ˌthē-ə-ˈkra-tik 
variants
or less commonly theocratical
: of, relating to, or being a theocracy
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When the theocratic warlord of Ottoman Tripoli demanded that the incoming president pay up for peace, Jefferson refused.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
My parents fled a murderous, theocratic regime in Iran during the 1979 revolution, and this country welcomed them and gave us the opportunity at the American Dream.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
No one else would have had the chutzpah, or the clout, to so eviscerate a powerful, theocratic Black family and, in so doing, to chart the price that political parents invariably extract from their kids, children who did not sign up for any kind of campaign to whom no benefits accrue.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The Islamic Revolution followed, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and created Iran’s theocratic government.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
My parents fled a murderous, theocratic regime in Iran during the 1979 revolution, and this country welcomed them and gave us the opportunity at the American Dream.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
No one else would have had the chutzpah, or the clout, to so eviscerate a powerful, theocratic Black family and, in so doing, to chart the price that political parents invariably extract from their kids, children who did not sign up for any kind of campaign to whom no benefits accrue.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The Islamic Revolution followed, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and created Iran’s theocratic government.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Theocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theocratic. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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