masc. proper name, from Late Latin Theodoricus, from Gothic, literally "ruler of the people," from Gothic þiuda "people" (see Teutonic) + *reiks "ruler" (see Reich). For spelling, see Theobald. The French form of the name, via the Franks, is Thierry.
theocracy
theocrat
theodicy
theodolite
Theodore
Theodoric
Theodosia
theogony
theologian
theological
theologist
