theocracy

But there are more pressing priorities for Iran's theocracy in this moment.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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

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

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

Perhaps no less important, this compendium captures both the end of the Pahlavi monarchy and the start of the theocracy that still governs Iran, granting viewers an often telling glimpse of Persian society in flux.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

To him the king was the protector of his people against Presbyterian theocracy, scarcely less offensive to him than the Inquisition itself, and the feudal oppression of the great nobles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The pope vowed that the church was not in the business of building theocracies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

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

Believe it or not, many people who live in them don't want to live in theocracies.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2018

This we find in these great theocracies, where sufficient wealth enabled a class of leisured and honoured men to devote themselves to joint labour in observing nature and recording their observations.

From Progress and History by Francis Sydney Marvin