teocracia
Portuguese, noun/ˌte.o.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
teocracia is spelled T-E-O-C-R-A-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teocracia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “theocracy (government under the control of a state-sponsored religion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sistema de governo em que o poder político se encontra fundamentado no poder religioso, pela encarnação da…”.
What does teocracia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetheocracy (government under the control of a state-sponsored religion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sistema de governo em que o poder político se encontra fundamentado no poder religioso, pela encarnação da divindade no governante, como no Egito dos faraós, ou por sua escolha direta, como nas monarquias absolutas 2. o Estado que tem essa forma de governo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of teocracia
- teocracias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teocracia?
- Brazil /ˌte.o.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌtɛ.ɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to teocracia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teocracia in Portuguese?
teocracia appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).