theocracy
noun
1 theocracy
A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided).
Roget 737a:
government,
legal authority,
soveriegn,
sovereign authority;
authority
etc.
737;
master
etc.
745;
direction
etc.
693.
[nations]
national government,
nation,
state,
country,
nation-state,
dominion,
republic,
empire,
union,
democratic republic;
kingdom,
principality.
[subdivisions of nations]
state government [Lat.],
state;
shire [Brit.];
province [Can.];
county [Ire.];
canton [Switz.];
territory [Austral.];
duchy,
archduchy,
archdukedom†;
woiwodshaft;
commonwealth;
region
etc.
181;
property
etc.
780.
[smaller subdivisions]
county,
parish
city,
domain,
tract,
arrondissement [Fr.],
mofussil†,
commune;
wappentake,
hundred,
riding,
lathe,
garth†,
soke†,
tithing;
ward,
precinct,
bailiwick.
command,
empire,
sway,
rule;
dominion,
domination;
sovereignty,
supremacy,
suzerainty;
lordship,
headship†;
chiefdom†;
seigniory,
seigniority†.
rule,
sway,
command,
control,
administer;
govern
etc.
(direct)
693;
lead,
preside over,
reign,
possess the throne,
be seated on the throne,
occupy the throne;
sway the scepter,
wield the scepter;
wear the crown.
state,
realm,
body politic,
posse comitatus [Lat.].
[person in the governing authority]
judicature
etc.
965;
cabinet
etc.
(council)
696;
seat of government,
seat of authority;
headquarters.
[Acquisition of authority]
accession;
installation
etc.
755;
politics
etc.
737.1.
reign,
regime,
dynasty;
directorship,
dictatorship;
protectorate,
protectorship;
caliphate,
pashalic†,
electorate;
presidency,
presidentship†;
administration;
proconsul,
consulship;
prefecture;
seneschalship;
magistrature†,
magistracy.
monarchy;
kinghood†,
kingship;
royalty,
regality;
aristarchy†,
aristocracy;
oligarchy,
democracy,
theocracy,
demagogy;
commonwealth;
dominion;
heteronomy;
republic,
republicanism;
socialism;
collectivism;
mob law,
mobocracy†,
ochlocracy†;
vox populi,
imperium in imperio [Lat.];
bureaucracy;
beadledom†,
bumbledom†;
stratocracy;
military power,
military government,
junta;
feodality†,
feudal system,
feudalism.
thearchy†,
theocracy,
dinarchy†;
duarchy†,
triarchy,
heterarchy†;
duumvirate;
triumvirate;
autocracy,
autonomy;
limited monarchy;
constitutional government,
constitutional monarchy;
home rule;
representative government;
monocracy†,
pantisocracy†.
gynarchy†,
gynocracy†,
gynaeocracy†;
petticoat government.
[government functions]
legislature,
judiciary,
administration.
[Government agencies and institutions]
office of the president,
office of the prime minister,
cabinet;
senate,
house of representatives,
parliament;
council
etc.
696;
courts,
supreme court;
[U.S. national government departments],
state,
interior,
labor,
health and human services,
defense,
education,
agriculture,
justice,
commerce,
treasury;
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
FBI;
Central Intelligence Agency,
CIA;
National Institutes of Health,
NIH;
Postal Service,
Post Office;
Federal Aviation Administration,
FAA.
[national government officials]
president,
vice president,
cabinet member,
prime minister,
minister;
senator,
representatative,
president pro tem [Lat.],
speaker of the house;
department head,
section head,
section chief;
federal judge,
justice,
justice of the supreme court,
chief justice;
treasurer,
secretary of the treasury;
director of the FBI.
[state government officials]
governor,
state cabinet member;
state senator,
assemblyman,
assemblywoman.
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Roget 995:
church,
churchdom;
ministry,
apostleship†,
priesthood,
prelacy,
hierarch†,
church government,
christendom,
pale of the church.
clericalism,
sacerdotalism†,
episcopalianism,
ultramontanism†;
theocracy;
ecclesiology†,
ecclesiologist†;
priestcraft†,
odium theologicum [Lat.].
monachism†,
monachy†;
monasticism,
monkhood†.
[Ecclesiastical offices and dignities]
pontificate,
primacy,
archbishopric†,
archiepiscopacy†;
prelacy;
bishopric,
bishopdom†;
episcopate,
episcopacy;
see,
diocese;
deanery,
stall;
canonry,
canonicate†;
prebend,
prebendaryship†;
benefice,
incumbency,
glebe,
advowson†,
living,
cure;
rectorship†;
vicariate,
vicarship;
deaconry†,
deaconship†;
curacy;
chaplain,
chaplaincy,
chaplainship;
cardinalate,
cardinalship†;
abbacy,
presbytery.
holy orders,
ordination,
institution,
consecration,
induction,
reading in,
preferment,
translation,
presentation.
popedom†;
the Vatican,
the apostolic see;
religious sects
etc.
984.
council
etc.
696;
conclave,
convocation,
synod,
consistory,
chapter,
vestry;
sanhedrim,
conge d'elire [Fr.];
ecclesiastical courts,
consistorial court,
court of Arches.
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Roget 737b:
politics;
political science;
candidacy,
campaign,
campaigning,
electioneering;
partisanship,
ideology,
factionalism.
election,
poll,
ballot,
vote,
referendum,
recall,
initiative,
voice,
suffrage,
plumper,
cumulative vote,
plebiscitum [Lat.],
plebiscite,
vox populi;
electioneering;
voting
etc.
v.;
elective franchise;
straight ticket [U.S.];
opinion poll,
popularity poll.
issue;
opinion,
stand,
position;
program,
platform;
party line.
[ideologies]
democracy,
republicanism;
communism,
statism,
state socialism;
socialism;
conservatism,
toryism;
liberalism,
whigism;
theocracy;
constitutional monarchy.
[political parties]
party
etc.
712;
[U.S: Political parties list],
Democratic Party,
Republican Party,
Socialist Party;
Communist Party;
[U.S. defunct parties: list],
Federalist Party,
Bull Moose Party,
Abolitionist Party;
[Germany: list],
Christian Democratic Party,
Social Democratic Party;
National Socialist Worker's Party;
[Germany, 1930-1945],
Nazi Party;
[Great Britain:list],
Liberal Party,
Labor Party,
Conservative Party.
ticket,
slate.
[person active in politics]
politician
activist;
[specific politicians: list],
candidate,
aspirant,
hopeful,
office-seeker,
front-runner,
dark horse,
long shot,
shoo-in;
supporter,
backer,
political worker,
campaign worker;
lobbyist,
contributor;
party hack,
ward heeler;
regional candidate,
favorite son;
running mate,
stalking horse;
perpetual candidate,
political animal.
political contribution,
campaign contribution;
political action committee,
PAC.
political district,
electoral division,
electoral district,
bailiwick.
electorate,
constituents.
get-out-the-vote campaign,
political education.
negative campaigning,
dirty politics,
smear campaign.
[unsuccessful candidate]
also-ran,
loser;
has-been.
[successful candidate]
office holder,
official,
occupant of a position;
public servant,
incumbent;
winner.
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Polish: teokracja
2 theocracy
The belief in government by divine guidance.
Roget 976:
Deity,
Divinity;
Godhead,
Godship†;
Omnipotence,
Providence;
Heaven
(metonymically).
[Quality of being divine]
divineness†,
divinity.
God,
Lord,
Jehovah,
Jahweh,
Allah†;
The Almighty,
The Supreme Being,
The First Cause,
the Prime Mover;
Ens Entium [Lat.];
Author of all things,
Creator of all things;
Author of our being;
Cosmoplast†;
El;
The Infinite,
The Eternal;
The All-powerful,
The All-wise,
The All-merciful,
The All-holy.
[Attributes and perfections]
infinite power,
infinite wisdom,
infinite goodness,
infinite justice,
infinite truth,
infinite mercy;
omnipotence,
omniscience,
omnipresence;
unity,
immutability,
holiness,
glory,
majesty,
sovereignty,
infinity,
eternity.
The Trinity,
The Holy Trinity,
The Trinity in Unity,
The Triune God,
God the Father Son and Holy Ghost.
God the Father;
The Maker,
The Creator,
The Preserver.
[Functions]
creation,
preservation,
divine government;
Theocracy,
Thearchy†;
providence;
ways of Providence,
dealings of Providence,
dispensations of Providence,
visitations of Providence.
[Christian God: second person]
God the Son,
Jesus,
Christ;
The Messiah,
The Anointed,
The Saviour,
the Redeemer,
The Mediator,
The Intercessor,
The Advocate,
The Judge;
The Son of God,
The Son of Man,
The Son of David;
The Lamb of God,
The Word;
Logos;
Emmanuel;
Immanuel;
The King of Kings and Lord of Lords,
The King of Glory,
The Prince of Peace,
The Good Shepherd,
The Way,
The Truth,
The Life,
The Bread of Life,
The Light of the World;
The Lord our,
The Sun of Righteousness;
The Pilot of the Galilean lake"
[Milton].
The Incarnation,
The Hypostatic Union.
[Functions]
salvation,
redemption,
atonement,
propitiation,
mediation,
intercession,
judgment.
[Christian God: third person]
God the Holy Ghost,
The Holy Spirit,
Paraclete [Theo.];
The Comforter,
The Spirit of Truth,
The Dove.
[Functions]
inspiration,
unction,
regeneration,
sanctification,
consolation.
eon,
aeon,
special providence,
deus ex machina [Lat.];
avatar.
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