god-king
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of god-king
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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I’ve had my eye on that Sun Baby for years — the Teletubbies’ god-king, who rules the psychedelic, rabbit-infested, post-apocalyptic word of these creatures.
From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2021
Both Cal and this dramatised Koresh take most of their cues from Charles Manson, the original self-styled hippie god-king, whose dark story for the screen not too long ago with the short-lived procedural series Aquarius.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2018
And second, because North Korea’s regime is bizarre in the extreme, a hermit kingdom run by a weird, utterly ruthless and highly erratic god-king.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2017
Meanwhile, the Persian emperor’s origin story — his transformation into a bejeweled, manscaped god-king — is revealed, in a process evoking a brisk dip in molten gold.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2014
To the north a falcon wheeled slowly over the shining walls of Pharaoh’s palace, as if to proclaim the presence within of the royal god-king he symbolized.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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