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THEOCRACY (Gr. Oeoeparia, the rule of...

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 760 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THEOCRACY (Gr. Oeoeparia, the See also:rule of See also:God, from Oebr, god, and -Kparca, Kpare v, to rule) , a See also:term applied to a See also:form of See also:government or to a See also:state ruled by such a form of government, in which God or the divine See also:power is looked to as the source of all See also:civil power, and the divine commandments regarded as the See also:laws of the community.

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