ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Theocracy refers to a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

Detailed explanation-2: -theocracy, government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state’s legal system is based on religious law.

Detailed explanation-3: -Theocracy is the exercise of political power by the clergy or laity of a particular religion, usually, although not necessarily, claiming to be acting primarily on behalf of a divinity and governing according to its principles and requirements.

Detailed explanation-4: -: government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. : a state governed by a theocracy.

Detailed explanation-5: -a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God’s or deity’s laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.