patesi

noun

pa·​te·​si

pəˈtāzē

plural -s

: a ruler of some of the Sumerian city-states who combined the religious and the secular chieftaincies : priest-king

Word History

Etymology

incorrect reading of Sumerian ensi, a title borne by the patesis

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