theocracy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
  2. noun the belief in government by divine guidance

WordNet

The*oc"ra*cy noun
Etymology
Gr. God + to be strong, to rule, fr. strength: cf. F. théocratie. See Theism, and cf. Democracy.
Definitions
  1. Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
  2. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.

Webster 1913