Theocracy
Theocracy , noun
[Greek {not transcribed}; {not transcribed} God + {not transcribed} to be strong, to rule, from {not transcribed} strength: compare French théocratie. See Theism, and compare Democracy.]
1.
Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
2.
The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.