god-king

[god-king, -king]

noun

a human sovereign believed to be a deity or to have godlike attributes.

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 Progress
Herbert Spencer
He had brought back to Rome the Egyptian idea of a god-king.
A Short History of the World
H. G. Wells