English Explanatory Dictionary

priest-king

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sacred king, a monarch with prominent religious attributes.
  2. A theocrat, a sovereign high priest.

Word forms

priest-king priest-kings

Etymology

From priest + king.

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