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theocratical

/thee-uh-krat-ik/US // ˌθi əˈkræt ɪk //

神权主义,神权主义的,神权主义者,神学的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having to do with theocracy, a form of government based on a specific religion or deity: If government and religion are not actively kept separate, it follows that the government is theocratic to a degree.

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Examples

  • There is a deep divide in the theocratic establishment between Khamenei and former President Hashemi Rafsanjani.

  • In a theocratic state governed by force and fear, I guess this counts as progress.

  • True, most Israelis (and, indeed, most Jews) do not think of Israel as a theocratic democracy—but take a closer look.

  • Nachman ben Yehuda, in his recently published Theocratic Democracy, makes a compelling case.

  • In the wake of the Arab spring, theocratic democracies are in the very early stages of construction in Tunisia and Egypt.

  • These Blue Laws, as they were called, aimed at establishing an almost theocratic form of government.

  • The great outward event in the life of Samuel was the transition of the Israelites from a theocratic to a monarchical government.

  • The existence of the theocratic element served further to complicate the machinery of government at Yedo.

  • Domestic affections suited ill with the duties of a theocratic ministry.

  • They aimed at a theocratic ministry,--to be the ambassadors of God Almighty,--to allay strife and division.