Crossword clues for theocrat
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Theocrat \The"o*crat\, n. One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1827, "a ruler in the name of God," from Greek theos "god" (see theo-) + -crat, from aristocrat, etc. From 1843 as "one who favors a system of theocracy." Theocratist was the name of a publication begun in 1828 "to maintain the essential relation which subsists between religion and politics," and might be used in the sense "one who emphasizes divine authority over reason and individual freedom and who explains social order as a revelation from God."
Wiktionary
n. 1 The ruler of a theocracy, a priest-king. 2 A proponent of theocracy.
Usage examples of "theocrat".
The ruling theocrats attempted to bring up later generations to believe theirs was the only righteous way of life and only heretics lived off-world.
Beginning with the third generation, there was at least one rebellion in each generation, some large enough that the theocrats were forced to request Confederation assistance in putting them down.
The theocrats, in his view, were as vile as the worst despot on any other human world.
The only variation in belief the theocrats allowed was between their various sects, not within them.
The only solution, the theocrats decided, was to ban proselytizing all together.
The only thing on which the theocrats seemed to be in agreement was that contact between the Marines and the civilian population should be as limited as possible.
The theocrats, through this Collegium thing--nothing more than a damned inquisition, you ask me--control both the minds and the bodies of their adherents.
He was turned over to the theocrats in an elaborate wooden office at the foot of one of the secondary pyramids.
The only solution, the theocrats decided, was to ban proselytizing all together.
He simply wanted to be sure any blame for a wrong guess fell on someone else's shoulders, and Yu's contempt eased into wry humor as he realized how much alike Havenite politicos and Masadan theocrats truly were under the skin.