theo- + -cracy, originally from Ancient Greek θεοκρατία (theokratia, “rule of God”), a term coined in the 1st century by Josephus (Against Apion 2.17) in reference to the kingdom of Israel. Attested in English from the 1630s, first by John Donne in a 1631 sermon, (The Jews were onely under a Theocratie, an immediate government of God., cited after OED).
Is Atheism becoming a 'relgion' in it's self.
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theocracy
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Etymology
theo- + -cracy, originally from Ancient Greek θεοκρατία (theokratia, “rule of God”), a term coined in the 1st century by Josephus (Against Apion 2.17) in reference to the kingdom of Israel. Attested in English from the 1630s, first by John Donne in a 1631 sermon, (The Jews were onely under a Theocratie, an immediate government of God., cited after OED).
Pronunciation
IPA: /θiːˈɒkrəsɪ/
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Homophone: theocrasy
Noun
theocracy (plural theocracies)
Government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion.
Rule by God.
But which Ancient Greek deity don't they believe in?
Zeus?