theocracyn.

/θiːˈɒkrəsi/

Forms: Also 1600s -craty, 1600s–1700s -crasie, -crasy.

Etymology: < Greek θεοκρατία (Josephus): see theo- comb. form and -cracy comb. form: compare French théocratie (1704 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. A form of government in which God (or a deity) is recognized as the king or immediate ruler, and his laws are taken as the statute-book of the kingdom, these laws being usually administered by a priestly order as his ministers and agents; hence (loosely) a system of government by a sacerdotal order, claiming a divine commission; also, a state so governed: esp. applied to the commonwealth of Israel from the exodus to the election of Saul as king.

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society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > theocracy > [noun]

theocracya1631

thearchy1643

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 242 The Jews were onely under a Theocratie, an immediate government of God.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) vii. iv. 346 Josephus..properly calls the Jewish government θεοκρατιαν, ‘a theocracy’, or ‘the government of God himself’.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Against Apion ii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 1011 He [sc. Moses] ordained our government to be, what, by a strained expression, may be termed a Theocracy [Gk. ὡς δ'ἄν τίς εἴποι, βιασάμενος τὸν λόγον, θεοκρατίαν].

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. v. ii. 365 Thus the Almighty becoming their King, in as proper a Sense as he was their God, the Republic of the Israelites was properly a Theocracy; in which the two Societies, Civil and Religious, must..be intirely incorporated.

1811 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr.: Peru (ed. 3) 694 The government of the incas was a kind of theocracy.

1836 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 283 When they tired of the Christian Theocracy, and clothed the church with ‘the purple robe’ of Cæsar.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. vii. 155 The ‘Theocracy’ of Moses..was a government by God Himself, as opposed to the government by priests or kings.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 276 It [the Church of Calvin] was a theocracy, dictating to all men the rule of the Deity as to their daily life.

1878 G. F. Maclear Celts (1879) ii. 17 The Druids were at once the ministers of a theocracy and the judges and legislators of the people.

b. transferred. A priestly order or religious body exercising political or civil power.

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society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > hierarchy > [noun]

hierarchy1563

hierocracy1794

priestdom1799

theocracy1825

hierarchism1846

1825 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1867) II. 597 The Roman Catholic clergy, nobility, lawyers, and gentlemen having property, form a sort of theocracy in Ireland, which in all essential points governs the populace.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	theocracy
释义	theocracyn. /θiːˈɒkrəsi/ Forms: Also 1600s -craty, 1600s–1700s -crasie, -crasy. Etymology: < Greek θεοκρατία (Josephus): see theo- comb. form and -cracy comb. form: compare French théocratie (1704 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). a. A form of government in which God (or a deity) is recognized as the king or immediate ruler, and his laws are taken as the statute-book of the kingdom, these laws being usually administered by a priestly order as his ministers and agents; hence (loosely) a system of government by a sacerdotal order, claiming a divine commission; also, a state so governed: esp. applied to the commonwealth of Israel from the exodus to the election of Saul as king. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > theocracy > [noun] theocracya1631 thearchy1643 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 242 The Jews were onely under a Theocratie, an immediate government of God. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) vii. iv. 346 Josephus..properly calls the Jewish government θεοκρατιαν, ‘a theocracy’, or ‘the government of God himself’. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Against Apion ii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 1011 He [sc. Moses] ordained our government to be, what, by a strained expression, may be termed a Theocracy [Gk. ὡς δ'ἄν τίς εἴποι, βιασάμενος τὸν λόγον, θεοκρατίαν]. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. v. ii. 365 Thus the Almighty becoming their King, in as proper a Sense as he was their God, the Republic of the Israelites was properly a Theocracy; in which the two Societies, Civil and Religious, must..be intirely incorporated. 1811 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr.: Peru (ed. 3) 694 The government of the incas was a kind of theocracy. 1836 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 283 When they tired of the Christian Theocracy, and clothed the church with ‘the purple robe’ of Cæsar. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. vii. 155 The ‘Theocracy’ of Moses..was a government by God Himself, as opposed to the government by priests or kings. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 276 It [the Church of Calvin] was a theocracy, dictating to all men the rule of the Deity as to their daily life. 1878 G. F. Maclear Celts (1879) ii. 17 The Druids were at once the ministers of a theocracy and the judges and legislators of the people. b. transferred. A priestly order or religious body exercising political or civil power. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > hierarchy > [noun] hierarchy1563 hierocracy1794 priestdom1799 theocracy1825 hierarchism1846 1825 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1867) II. 597 The Roman Catholic clergy, nobility, lawyers, and gentlemen having property, form a sort of theocracy in Ireland, which in all essential points governs the populace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1631
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