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- noun A statesman who holds all state's powers and has religious significance to constituency.
- noun pejorative : Jargon in
open source and collaborative projects communities meaning an owner/operator of a project who behaves as a tyrant.
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Examples
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However, Hindu nationalists, who have long used the issue to rouse passions, felt the judgment opened the way for the building of a new temple on the contested land, pointing to the judges 'ruling that the mosque had been built at the site of earlier Hindu temples and on the birthplace of the god-king Ram.
Security tight in India after court gives its Ayodhya verdict Jason Burke in Delhi 2010
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Louis XIV, the Sun King, is possibly the closest thing European history has to a god-king.
An Interview with Vylar Kaftan marshallpayne1 2009
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So, for example if you have a patriarchal god-king, you probably have a patriarch system in family and government, as well.
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For several moments the god-king tried to regain His composure, then gave up.
365 tomorrows » The Cheating God : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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For several moments the god-king tried to regain His composure, then gave up.
365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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But both families and nations can hide dark and terrible secrets, and even if Barrick and Briony survive learning the astonishing truths at the heart of their own family and of Southmarch itself, they must still find a way to reclaim their kingdom and rescue their home - from traitors, tyrants, a god-king, and even the angry gods themselves.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY 28TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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JD, unemployment is still not as bad as it was under your god-king Ronald Reagan.
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Having ruled his homeland as a god-king, he established a parliament-in-exile in the northern Indian hill station of Dharamsala in 1960, introduced a draft constitution three years later, and in 2001 oversaw the first direct election of a prime minister, known as the Kalon Tripa.
Dalai Lama to Hand Over Political Leader Role Jeremy Page 2011
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Whether portraying Boris, Wagner's god-king Wotan or Mozart's rapacious Don Giovanni, Mr. Pape is a singer tailored to a public that craves sex appeal.
The King of the Lyric Basses Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2010
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For several moments the god-king tried to regain His composure, then gave up.
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