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
She identified with the Egyptian goddess Isis, the partner of the god-king Osiris, who the Egyptians believed had ruled as pharaoh on Earth.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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