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god-king
[ god-king, -king ]
noun
- a human sovereign believed to be a deity or to have godlike attributes.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of god-king1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
So Tezcatlipoca entered, and he said to the sick god-king, How art thou?
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Originally, ceremonies were modes of behaviour to the god-king.
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He had brought back to Rome the Egyptian idea of a god-king.
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