theocrat
noun
theo·crat
ˈthē-ə-ˌkrat 
1
: one who rules in or lives under a theocratic form of government
2
: one who favors a theocratic form of government
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The key question, perhaps, is whether senior Likud leaders will abandon Netanyahu and the coalition’s theocrats.
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Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Pence is a theocrat.
—Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2020
The theocrats ruling Iran showed their fear of the popular movement when their security forces put down the demonstrations with live fire, killing hundreds, and arresting thousands.
—Abbas Milani, The New York Review of Books, 8 Jan. 2020
Acknowledging this fact does not require us to become theocrats or fascists in the state, nor socialists in the economy.
—Declan Leary, National Review, 19 Nov. 2019
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Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Pence is a theocrat.
—Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2020
The theocrats ruling Iran showed their fear of the popular movement when their security forces put down the demonstrations with live fire, killing hundreds, and arresting thousands.
—Abbas Milani, The New York Review of Books, 8 Jan. 2020
Acknowledging this fact does not require us to become theocrats or fascists in the state, nor socialists in the economy.
—Declan Leary, National Review, 19 Nov. 2019
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“Theocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theocrat. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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