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Where does “เทวาธิปไตย” come from?

เทวาธิปไตย (Thai) comes from Thai อธิปไตย, from Pali ādhipateyya — lordship, domination, power.

เทวาธิปไตย (Thai): theocracy

Definitions

  1. theocracy

Ancestry of “เทวาธิปไตย”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอธิปไตยsovereignty
2Paliādhipateyyalordship, domination, power
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