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Definition of Theocrat
1. n. One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
Definition of Theocrat
1. Noun. a theocratic ruler ¹
2. Noun. an advocate of theocracy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Theocrat
1. a person who rules as a representative of a god [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theocrat
Literary usage of Theocrat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1847)
"In head and heart Edwards was a thorough-going metaphysical theocrat, using the
iron sceptre of his logic in connection with the pages of revelation, ..."
2. The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany by Alvan Lamson, Ezra Stiles Gannett, George Putnam, George Edward Ellis (1847)
"Edwards was a theocrat of the dogmas, as the Catholic priest ba theocrat of the
ritual. Compare him with Bos- suet. As the Archbishop of Meaux sought to ..."
3. Studies in Christian Biography: Or, Hours with Theologians and Reformers by Samuel Osgood (1850)
"Edwards was a theocrat of the dogmas, as the Catholic priest is a theocrat of
the ritual. Compare him with Bossuet. As the Archbishop of Meaux sought to ..."
4. Studies in Christian Biography: Or, Hours with Theologians and Reformers by Samuel Osgood (1850)
"Edwards was a theocrat of the dogmas, as the Catholic priest is a theocrat of
the ritual. Compare him with Bossuet. As the Archbishop of Meaux sought to ..."
5. The Boston Quarterly Review by Orestes Augustus Brownson (1838)
"The theocrat has a truth, a great truth. His truth is that the Highest and Best,—
God, is the sovereign. The democrat asserts the same thing. ..."
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