god-king

god-king [god-king, -king] ExamplesWord Origin noun

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

Origin of god-king First recorded in 1860–65 Examples from the Web for god-king Historical Examples of god-king

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