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n

  1. A country or state whose government derives its power directly from God or another divine spirit.
  2. A country or state in which government powers are vested in the clergy.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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