Sentence examples for theocracy from inspiring English sources
'theocracy' is a correct and usable term in written English
You can use it when you are talking about a governing body or political system that is ruled by religious leaders, based on religious law. For example, "The country of Iran is a theocracy, ruled by religious leaders who follow a strict interpretation of Islamic law."
noun
Government under the control of a state-sponsored religion.
It speaks more urgently to those still living under slavery, or theocracy, or dictatorship.
But it is crucial that religion has no special rights; we must at all costs remain a democracy, not a theocracy.
His many critics said Morsi had authoritarian leanings and that his removal was essential to prevent Egypt from eventually turning into an autocratic theocracy.
Santorum's vision of America is a hybrid Puritan and Catholic theocracy.
The Islamists who hold such ideas take their faith as providing ultimate guidance not just in the personal realm but in the social and political realms, too.For those in the Shia branch of Islam, the high-water mark of such feelings was the Iranian revolution of 1979, which turned a somewhat repressive modernising monarchy into a thoroughly repressive theocracy.
Mr Khatami's commitment to Iran's theocracy is as unquestionable as his commitment to reform; even if it means moving at tortoise pace, he strives above all to drag the system with him.
Religious puritans, who once saw Hamas as an Islamist partner, say it has forsaken the chance to build a theocracy.
But that prestige has been eroded by 24 years of Iranian theocracy.
But unkind comparisons are being made with the return of an earlier Shia visionary: when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came home to Iran in 1979 to set up an Islamic theocracy, millions greeted him.
An end to Iran's theocracy is desirable, but the West is unlikely to get a nuclear deal unless it offers carrots as well as sticks.
But remember, America's founders were keen to distance themselves from the harsh and divisive theocracies of Europe.Meanwhile many European countries, whose populations are less devout than America's, retain some reference to God or religion in their system or founding charter.
