god-king

American  

[god-king, -king] / ˈgɒdˈkɪŋ, -ˌkɪŋ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of god-king

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

He will be welcomed this year — as he will be for the rest of his life — as the god-king of Crazy Town.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 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

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