adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to theocracy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Conforming to God-rule, by Christian behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jehovah's-Witnesses
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or being a theocracy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a theocratic state
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From theocrat + -ic or theo- + -cratic.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
teokratik
— pertaining to theocracy
Armenian:
թեոկրատական
(tʻeokratakan)
— pertaining to theocracy
Azerbaijani:
teokratik
— pertaining to theocracy
Belarusian:
тэакраты́чны
(teakratýčny)
— pertaining to theocracy
Bulgarian:
теократи́чески
(teokratíčeski)
— pertaining to theocracy
Catalan:
teocràtic
— pertaining to theocracy
Czech:
teokratický
— pertaining to theocracy
Danish:
teokratisk
— pertaining to theocracy
Dutch:
theocratisch
— pertaining to theocracy
Esperanto:
teokratia
— pertaining to theocracy
Estonian:
teokraatlik
— pertaining to theocracy
Finnish:
teokraattinen
— pertaining to theocracy
French:
théocratique
— pertaining to theocracy
Galician:
teocrático
— pertaining to theocracy
Georgian:
თეოკრატიული
(teoḳraṭiuli)
— pertaining to theocracy
German:
theokratisch
— pertaining to theocracy
Greek:
θεοκρατικός
(theokratikós)
— pertaining to theocracy
Hungarian:
teokratikus
— pertaining to theocracy
Ido:
teokratiala
— pertaining to theocracy
Indonesian:
teokratis
— pertaining to theocracy
Italian:
teocratico
— pertaining to theocracy
Latvian:
teokrātisks
— pertaining to theocracy
Lithuanian:
teokratiškas
— pertaining to theocracy
Macedonian:
теократски
(teokratski)
— pertaining to theocracy
Malay:
تيوکراتيک
— pertaining to theocracy
Malay:
teokratik
— pertaining to theocracy
Norwegian Bokmål:
teokratisk
— pertaining to theocracy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
teokratisk
— pertaining to theocracy
Polish:
teokratyczny
— pertaining to theocracy
Portuguese:
teocrático
— pertaining to theocracy
Romanian:
teocratic
— pertaining to theocracy
Russian:
теократи́ческий
(teokratíčeskij)
— pertaining to theocracy
Serbo-Croatian:
тео̀кратскӣ
— pertaining to theocracy
Serbo-Croatian:
teòkratskī
— pertaining to theocracy
Slovak:
teokratický
— pertaining to theocracy
Spanish:
teocrático
— pertaining to theocracy
Swedish:
teokratisk
— pertaining to theocracy
Turkish:
teokratik
— pertaining to theocracy
Ukrainian:
теократи́чний
(teokratýčnyj)
— pertaining to theocracy