godhead

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To his cult followers, he functions as a type of godhead whom they love and to whom they constantly express devotion.

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2020

Mr. Schulz, as unassuming a man as he was, was a veritable godhead, revered in those divided times by Americans of all stripes.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2018

It is a measure of star wattage, of established pedigree, of the disorientating brilliance of the Messi-Ronaldo godhead, and the footballing success of La Liga.

From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2017

And yet, though Thiel hovers above Wolfe’s narrative like an Oz-like godhead, he is barely a presence in it, except when he’s the recipient of its adulation.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2017

Your eyes are on a farther shore Than any of earth; nor do adore As godhead God's dead hieroglyph.

From Poems - First Series by Squire, J. C. (John Collings)