Sun King

British  

noun

1. the. An epithet of Louis XIV

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Sun King Cultural  

1. A nickname for Louis xiv that captures the magnificence of his court and of the Palace of Versailles, which he built. Louis himself adopted the sun as his emblem.

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Example Sentences

Schroeder noted that the Sun King Apartments houses 47 school-aged children, with most families being single-parent households.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Not to King Louis XIII, who formerly authorized the slave trade in 1642, or his son, the Sun King, who introduced slavery’s legal code, both of whose remains are buried inside the gothic building.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

It was the same in Versailles, with a secure distance between the diners at the banquet and the ordinary people that the Sun King Louis XIV would have appreciated.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

“The problem was affordability, but now customers can pay installments over a period of 18 months,” said Tunde Oladipupo, an agent for Sun King, a solar power company.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Louis Xiy aged fifteen, as Apollo, the Sun King, in Lully's Le Ballet de la nuit of 1653.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall