Priest-king
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Priest-king is a noun meaning (religion) A sacred king, a monarch with prominent religious attributes.
Meaning
(religion) A sacred king, a monarch with prominent religious attributes.
More Meanings
- (religion) A theocrat, a sovereign high priest.
Example Sentences
Lower Egypt throws off the yoke of the priest-Kings of Thebes.
The while this Priest-King sacrifiz'd To's clov'n-foot God in Bethel (self-devis'd).
He was more like a priest-king, a combination of the Pope and a constitutional monarch.
The beginnings of organized war, first as a bickering between villages, and then as a more disciplined struggle between the priest-king and god of one city and those of another.
Word Forms
- priest-kings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include god-king, priestess, priestesshood, kahuna, astronomer-priest, oracle.
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