priest-king

suomi-englanti sanakirja

priest-king englanniksi

  1. A sacred king, a monarch with prominent religious attributes.

  2. {{quote-text|en|year=1606|translator=J. Sylvester|author=G. de S. Du Bartas|title=Deuine Weekes & Wks.|section=ii. iv. iii. 169

  3. {{quote-text|en|year=1920|author=H.G. Wells|title=Outl. Hist.|section=iii. xix. 124/2

  4. A theocrat, a sovereign priest.

  5. {{quote-text|en|year=1877|translator=J.E. Carpenter|author=C.P. Tiele|title=Outl. Hist. Relig.|section=55

  6. 1995 September 21, ''N.Y. Times Review of Books'', 32/1

  7. He was more like a priest-king, a combination of the Pope and a monarch.