theocratic

Rarely the·o·crat·i·cal

[thee-uh-krat-ik]

adjective

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.

Other Word Forms

• theocratically adverb
• nontheocratic adjective
• nontheocratical adjective
• nontheocratically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of theocratic¹

First recorded in 1685–95; from Greek theokrat(ía) ( theocracy ( def. ) ) + -ic ( def. )