theocracy
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But there are more pressing priorities for Iran's theocracy in this moment.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
They will test the theocracy to see whether the war has attenuated its strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
She added that her family was happy, but that they expected the collapse of the theocracy to take a longer time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
We might use the term theocracy, although it's a little more complicated than that.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2024
Their government is a theocracy, the development apparently of what is believed by them to be a new dispensation.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.
The pope vowed that the church was not in the business of building theocracies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Oligarchs exist in authoritarian countries, they exist in theocracies, and they exist in modern democracies.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2024
They came here to escape war, political and religious persecution, lack of opportunity and corrupt systems lead by despotic strongmen or brutal theocracies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
From theocracies to autocracies and, of course, some democracies too, the list is long.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2022
In its entire form the Roman power consists of two theocracies, with a military domination intercalated.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
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