Bible Dictionaries
Theocracy

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.

(2):

(n.) Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Theocracy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/theocracy.html. 1828.