god-king
[god-king, -king]
- a human sovereign believed to be a deity or to have godlike attributes.
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Origin of god-king
First recorded in 1860–65
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Originally, ceremonies were modes of behaviour to the god-king.
Illustrations of Universal ProgressHerbert Spencer
He had brought back to Rome the Egyptian idea of a god-king.
A Short History of the WorldH. G. Wells