[ad. Gr. θεοκρᾱσία f. θεό-ς god + κρᾶς-ις mingling: see -Y.]
1. Anc. Mythol. A mingling of various deities or divine attributes into one personality; also, a mixture of the worship of different deities.
1816. G. S. Faber, Orig. Pagan Idol., II. 248. The mystic theocrasy of the old mythologists, by which all their deities were ultimately resolved into one person.
1831. Keightley, Mythol., I. ii. 16. The system of theocrasy … or mixing up, as we may call it, of the gods together.
2. (See quot.)
1842. Brande, Dict. Sc., etc., Theocrasy, in ancient Philosophy, a term invented to signify the intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, which was considered attainable by the newer Platonists.
Hence Theocrasical a., pertaining to or involving theocrasy.
1816. G. S. Faber, Orig. Pagan Idol., I. p. xxxviii. Theocrasical identity of Osiris and Typhon.
