theocracy

Example Sentences

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They will test the theocracy to see whether the war has attenuated its strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But I also don’t think it’s going to be a theocracy anymore.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

They’re poignant reminders of a time in L.A.’s Westwood “Tehrangeles” neighborhood when, in the years just after the 1979 Iranian revolution, immigrants here made music while their homeland roiled with ascendant theocracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Intersected at its peak by a thin crescent — most likely a representation of the Golden Order, the dark fantasy world’s ruling theocracy — it feels bluntly referential to saints and prophets and resurrections.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

Thus was founded, on Christmas day 1100, the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem; and thus was the possibility of a theocracy finally annihilated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various