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  • noun A king of ghosts or spirits; a ghostly or spiritual king; a king of one's own spirit or soul; a god; God.

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Perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English *gost-kyng, (compare Middle English hevonking ("king of heaven"), folc-king ("king of the people"), etc.); or directly from Old English gāstcyning ("soul’s king, God"), equivalent to ghost +‎ king.

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