patesin.
/pəˈteɪsi/, U.S. /pəˈteɪsi/ Ancient History.
In ancient Sumer: the ruler of a city-state; a priest-king.
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patesi1894
1894 Harper's Mag. Jan. 192/2 Each of these bricks bears upon it the inscription of Gudea, who calls himself patesi or ‘priest-king’ of Sippara.
1901 L. W. King Hist. Sumer & Akkad iv. 101 The human kings and patesis were nothing more than ministers, or agents, appointed to carry out their will.
1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Priests & Kings 178 The Sumerian patesi was a magistrate who performed sacred or priestly functions.
1965 Amer. Hist. Rev. 71 128 The author..views its economy as being based on land owned by gods and administered by gods' deputies called ‘patesi’, who alone held private property.
Derivatives
paˈtesiship n. rare the position or office of patesi.
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patesiship1928
1928 L. Woolley Sumerians v. 138 Only in Nippur did the patesiship continue to descend from father to son.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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