"thearchy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thearchies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεαρχία (thearkhía), from θεός (theós, “god”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule, ruling”). By surface analysis, the- + -archy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|θεαρχία}} Ancient Greek θεαρχία (thearkhía), {{m|grc|θεός||god}} θεός (theós, “god”), {{m|grc|-αρχία||rule, ruling}} -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule, ruling”), {{surf|en|the-|-archy}} By surface analysis, the- + -archy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} thearchy (countable and uncountable, plural thearchies)
  1. A government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (A government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy.): thearch, theocracy
    Sense id: en-thearchy-en-noun-yRXaImKz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with the- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with the-: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'A government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy.': 100 0
  2. A system or ordering of deities. (Compare pantheon.) Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (A system or ordering of deities. (Compare pantheon.)): hierarchy
    Sense id: en-thearchy-en-noun-lQpQu~od Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -archy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -archy: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'A system or ordering of deities. (Compare pantheon.)': 4 96

Inflected forms

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