Theocracy is an English word with synonyms like ideology. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Theocracy in a sentence
Theocracy meaning
- Government under the control of a state religion.
- Rule by a god.
Synonyms of Theocracy
Using Theocracy
- The main meaning on this page is: Government under the control of a state religion. | Rule by a god.
- Useful related words include: political system, form of government, political orientation, ideology.
- In the example corpus, theocracy often appears in combinations such as: shiite theocracy, theocracy in, the theocracy.
Context around Theocracy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Theocracy
- In this selection, "theocracy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shiite, representative, muslim, welcoming and now stand out and add context to how "theocracy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include its shiite theocracy and a dastardly theocracy or fighting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "theocracy" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and absolve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with theocracy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Theocracy is rule by religious authorities. (6 words)
Among theocracy-welcoming Republicans there is great rejoicing. (8 words)
The theocracy already faces major levels of internal dissent and economic pain. (12 words)
Jewish kings are also known to have been referred to as "son of the L ORD ". citation : 150 The Jewish variant of theocracy can be thought of as a representative theocracy where the king is viewed as God’s surrogate on earth. (42 words)
The stakes are higher with Iran, given how besieged the regime is — a number of its leaders have contracted the virus and at least one has died — and the theocracy’s history of acting on the religious dictates of its leaders. (41 words)
Saied seems interested in joining a coalition of Arab nationalist powers, and when Sunni Muslim powers like Saudi Arabia were turned off by his confrontational stance toward the West, he looked to the Shiite theocracy in Tehran. (37 words)
Does the New Testament support a model of 'dominionism' and semi-theocracy, if Christians are close to the centre of power, or one of humble service, example, and persuasion? (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jewish kings are also known to have been referred to as "son of the L ORD ". citation : 150 The Jewish variant of theocracy can be thought of as a representative theocracy where the king is viewed as God’s surrogate on earth.
Among theocracy-welcoming Republicans there is great rejoicing.
If Israel’s democracy is made extinct and replaced with a theocracy, there’s a substantial price to pay for that.
It also suggests that Iran's theocracy now feels secure enough to admit the scale of the unrest.
Opponents of the Shiite theocracy, which has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution that ousted the shah, have long been known for bashing each other as much as the ayatollahs.
The two Gulf countries are historic rivals due to differing interpretations of the Quran and have been especially at loggerheads after Iran’s 1979 revolution ushered in a Shia Muslim theocracy.
Which was awkward, since Mr Akbari happened to be a former Deputy Minister in the Islamist theocracy's notoriously corrupt and despotic government.
While mass demonstrations have cooled in recent weeks, nightly chants against Iran’s theocracy can still be heard in some neighborhoods of Iran’s capital, Tehran.
Does the New Testament support a model of 'dominionism' and semi-theocracy, if Christians are close to the centre of power, or one of humble service, example, and persuasion?
Iran is a de facto theocracy where the President's authority is limited by the Supreme Leader.
It also did not offer any turnout figures for the race yet — a crucial component of whether Iran’s electorate backs its Shiite theocracy.
Saied seems interested in joining a coalition of Arab nationalist powers, and when Sunni Muslim powers like Saudi Arabia were turned off by his confrontational stance toward the West, he looked to the Shiite theocracy in Tehran.
The 85-year-old Ayatollah made the comments in a meeting attended by the top ranks of Iran's regular military, police and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a powerful force within its Shiite theocracy.
Their war in Yemen is a civil war to force the majority Sunnis to live under a Shiite theocracy.
Theocracy is rule by religious authorities.
The theocracy already faces major levels of internal dissent and economic pain.
Logic suggests that Biden would appreciate inheriting a more stable Middle East, with Arab states and Israel increasingly united against the theocracy in Iran.
The stakes are higher with Iran, given how besieged the regime is — a number of its leaders have contracted the virus and at least one has died — and the theocracy’s history of acting on the religious dictates of its leaders.
They have accepted the extension of the Iranian theocracy into the country and helped it gain ground in Lebanon.
Because that is heroism, as much as defeating a dastardly theocracy or fighting your rival in a sword duel.
Common combinations with theocracy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shiite theocracy 6×
- theocracy in 6×
- the theocracy 6×
- of theocracy 4×
- theocracy and 3×
- theocracy can 2×
- theocracy where 2×
- iran theocracy 2×
- theocracy is 2×
- iranian theocracy 2×