THEOCRACY


 * __Word __****: ** theocracy
 * __Part of speech __**: noun
 * __Definition __****: **government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided; a state governed by a theocracy
 * __Synonyms __****: ** church ran government
 * __Antonyms: __**separation of church and state

In the town of Salem in 1692, the government was a __theocracy__; it was run by religious leaders.

[|The Vatican is also a theocracy]