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Definition of Theocratical
1. Noun. A member associated with a theocracy or the idea of a theocracy. ¹
2. Noun. A theocrat. ¹
3. Adjective. Theocratic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Theocratical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theocratical
Literary usage of Theocratical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), F. Guizot (1856)
"Attempt at theocratical organization—Why it failed—Four principal obstacles—Faults
of Gregory VII. —Reaction against the domination of the church—On the ..."
2. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1854)
"... theocratical terrorism — The Prince of the Peace — Charles IV., his abdication
and captivity — Heroism of Spain, the Cortes, the constitution of 1812 ..."
3. A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures of the by Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette, Theodore Parker (1864)
"... then the Pentateuch may be called the theocratical epic poem of the Israelites,
without denying that there is an historical basis at the bottom/' This ..."
4. A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures of the by Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette, Theodore Parker (1850)
"... which was probably explained in an allegorical manner, to judge from its
reception into the canon—have a religious, but not a theocratical character. ..."
5. Ecclesiastical Law and Rules of Evidence: With Special Reference to the by William J. Henry, William Logan Harris (1879)
"There is but one example of a theocratical form of government ; and in that there
is observable a distinctive feature, different from all human forms of ..."
6. The Acts of the Apostles by Joseph Addison Alexander (1866)
"more emphatically, by employing the customary legal formula for the highest
theocratical punishment, that of excision from. t?ie church or chosen people. ..."
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