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Sacred kingship
RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL CONCEPT
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Alternative Title: divine kingship
Sacred kingship, religious and political concept by which a ruler is seen as an incarnation, manifestation mediator, or agent of the sacred or holy (the transcendent or supernatural realm). The concept originated in prehistoric times, but it continues to exert a recognizable influence in the modern world. At one time, when religion was totally connected with the whole existence of the individual as well as that of the community and when kingdoms were in varying degrees connected with religious powers or religious institutions, there could be no kingdom that was not in some sense sacral. May read ...
