prophetocracyn.
/ˌprɒfᵻˈtɒkrəsi/, U.S. /ˌprɑfəˈtɑkrəsi/ rare.
(A system of) government by a prophet or prophets.
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1893 Pall Mall Budget 6 Apr. 526/1 There is little to be brought against the Mormons, except the galling prophetocracy of their government and their marriage laws.
1960 Jewish Q. Rev. 51 153 Unable to propose a prophetocracy, he clearly favors a rabbinocratic order, or a zaddikocracy, inspired and bound by Scriptures and its traditional exegesis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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