theocraticaladj.
/θiːəʊˈkratɪkəl/ = theocratic adj.
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theocratical1690
theocratic1741
thearchic1855
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 180 A new common-wealth with a theocratical government.
1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) IV. v. iv. 306 Temporal rewards and punishments administered by the hand of God, followed, as a consequence, from the Jewish Government's being Theocratical.
1837 Foreign Q. Rev. XIX. 187 The prophetic books were preserved in writing by a theocratical people.
1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 201 The original form of all governments appears to have been theocratical.
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adj.1690- hermit-fancied
- hermit-fish
- hermit-haunted
- hermit-like
- hermit-lobster
- hermit-seat
- hermit-thrush
- hermit-warbler
- hermitage
- hermitages
- hermitary
- hermitbird
- hermitcrab
- hermitcrow
- hermitess
- hermitesses
- hermitfancied
- hermitfish
- hermithaunted
- hermithood
- hermitian
- hermitian conjugate
- hermitic
- hermitical
- hermitically