Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native title of the local rulers of the ancient cities of Babylonia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Babylonian Antiq.) A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of ancient Chaldea, as Lagash or Shirpurla, who were conceived to be direct representatives of the tutelary god of the place.
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Examples
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In the dedicatory inscription the king is referred to as a patesi, and the fact that the name of the high priest, Dudu, is given may be taken as an indication of the growing power of an aggressive priesthood.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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As in Assyria, so too in the states of Babylonia the _patesi_ or high-priest of the god preceded the king.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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The state had grown up around a sanctuary, the god of which was nominally its ruler, the human _patesi_ being his viceregent.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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The same chronicle informs us that Ilu-sh [= u] ma, an early Assyrian patesi, was the contemporary of Su-abu, the founder of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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This is made evident by the inscriptions which record the social reforms of Urukagina, the ill-fated patesi of Lagash.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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A patesi of Lagash had a chariot which was drawn by asses.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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He began to rule as patesi, but afterwards styled himself king.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Entemena inflicted upon the rebels a crushing defeat, and following up his success, entered the walled city and captured and slew the patesi.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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On the "stele of victory", which belongs to the period of Eannatum, patesi of Lagash, the dead bodies on the battlefield are piled up in pairs quite naked, and earth is being heaped over them; this is a specimen of mound burial.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Entemena, the pious patesi of Lagash, whose memory is associated with the famous silver vase decorated with the lion-headed eagle form of Nin-Girsu, had been raised to the dignity of a god, and Ammiditana caused his statue to be erected so that offerings might be made to it.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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