The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word THEARCHY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result THEARCHY
- Our opponents adopting main rule of Olympians?
- Divine government chief welcomed by people in general
- Those people outside bend the rule of God
- Divine rule from those people restricting what is wicked?
- People divided by chief’s divine rule
- People in authority admitting leading a form of government
- Those people getting shrewd in rulership
- Start off quest breaking your divine rule
- Old rule by a God – the chief unknown
- The most important year for a government
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What does THEARCHY mean?
THEARCHY noun- A government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy.
- A system or ordering of deities. (Compare pantheon.)