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Definition of Thearchy
1. n. Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
Definition of Thearchy
1. Noun. rule by gods ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thearchy
1. rule by a god [n -CHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thearchy
Literary usage of Thearchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Landmarks of Homeric Study: Together with an Essay on the Points of Contact by William Ewart Gladstone (1890)
"One who dwells like Plato in the region of abstract ideas may find fault with
him for admitting within his thearchy elements of too low a standard. ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine (1879)
"Among these is Demeter, who, we are told, 'is but a sleeping partner in the
thearchy, and has no practical share whatever in the conduct of affairs. ..."
3. Homeric Synchronism: An Enquiry Into the Time and Place of Homer by William Ewart Gladstone (1876)
"... gods of the second order, not, therefore, one of the twenty whom, there is
some reason for thinking, Homer supposed to make up the Egyptian thearchy. ..."
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