theocratic
adjective
theo·crat·ic ˌthē-ə-ˈkra-tik 
variants or less commonly theocratical
ˌthē-ə-ˈkra-ti-kəl
: of, relating to, or being a theocracy
theocratically
ˌthē-ə-ˈkra-ti-k(ə-)lē
adverb 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The theocratic state executed Bazargan’s brother, Bijan, during the waves of killings in 1988 to wipe out dissidents. 
Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022 Just months later the distinctive white flags of the Taliban were fluttering over the capital, Kabul, and the Taliban began implementing their theocratic state. Peter Bergen, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022 There’s a straight line between theocratic extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022 Margaret Atwood exemplified dystopia with her 1985 book, The Handmaid’s Tale, in which a theocratic dictatorship bars women from reading, writing, or controlling their own reproduction. Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022 We are quickly being thrust into a nightmarish web of authoritarian, theocratic rule. Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 6 July 2022 Perhaps the recent religion cases are, as some have alleged, the work of a theocratic court. Charles Mccrary, The New Republic, 5 July 2022 Here’s a look at how the recent wave of protests and strikes in Iran and the talks over the nuclear deal are intertwined for the country’s theocratic regime. Omid Khazani, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 According to Hickey, Senator Jesse Helms looked at Mapplethorpe’s images and understood them very well as an assault on the core principles of his repressive, theocratic worldview. Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022 See More
Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022 Just months later the distinctive white flags of the Taliban were fluttering over the capital, Kabul, and the Taliban began implementing their theocratic state. Peter Bergen, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022 There’s a straight line between theocratic extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022 Margaret Atwood exemplified dystopia with her 1985 book, The Handmaid’s Tale, in which a theocratic dictatorship bars women from reading, writing, or controlling their own reproduction. Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022 We are quickly being thrust into a nightmarish web of authoritarian, theocratic rule. Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 6 July 2022 Perhaps the recent religion cases are, as some have alleged, the work of a theocratic court. Charles Mccrary, The New Republic, 5 July 2022 Here’s a look at how the recent wave of protests and strikes in Iran and the talks over the nuclear deal are intertwined for the country’s theocratic regime. Omid Khazani, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 According to Hickey, Senator Jesse Helms looked at Mapplethorpe’s images and understood them very well as an assault on the core principles of his repressive, theocratic worldview. Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1690, in the meaning defined above