thearchy

noun

1. A government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy.

   countable, uncountable

   There ends Monarchy as a Thearchie, or divine dynastie.

2. A system or ordering of deities. (Compare pantheon.)

   countable, uncountable

   From rank to rank in Thearchy divine, We angel raylets gladden in thy sight.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek θεαρχία (thearkhía), from θεός (theós, “god”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule, ruling”). By surface analysis, the- + -archy.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry thearchy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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