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theocracy  

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  • Theocracy is a term for government by God in which the clergy rule according to his revealed law. The word is thought to have originated with the first-century Jewish historian Josephus, who used it in reference to the government of the Israelites under Moses. [Source: Encyclopedia of Religion in America; Theocracy]

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