The title may have represented the divine status of the king.
These angels pointed out the divine status of the figures between them.
An example of an emperor who went to an extreme in proclaiming divine status was Commodus.
But for now, he said, the problem is that the Chinese are not used to leaders who spurn divine status.
He was one of only a few commoners ever to be accorded divine status after death.
After his death he was given divine status.
Jesus' divine status was earlier implied at Matthew 1:18, but it does not become known to those around him until much later in the narrative.
The elevation of standardized tests to near divine status is destroying public education in our state.
Despite his divine status, the oba cannot rule alone.
Elsewhere rulers might receive divine status without the full status of a god.