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kingMale sovereign over a nation or territory, of higher rank than any other ruler except an emperor. A king's female counterpart is a queen. Some kings have been elected, as in medieval Germany, but most inherit the position. The community may concentrate all spiritual and political power in the sovereign, or power may be shared constitutionally with other government institutions. Some kings are heads of state but not heads of government. In the past, some were regarded as semidivine representatives of God on Earth; others were viewed as gods in their own right or supernatural beings who became gods after death (see divine kingship). Since the 17th century the power held by monarchs, particularly those in western Europe, has been widely regarded as deriving from the people. See also constitutional monarchy; khan; monarchy; pharaoh; tsar. |
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Even if not every site is a world-beater it's great. You can probably still call him a world-beater, but now he's one whose sometimes arrogant personality has taken a turn for -- the better. The fact that so many companies have made the transition to independents is an acknowledgement that the captive/career system "is not the world-beater system that it was when it first came out," he said. |
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