Master of the Universe

Definitions

1. God
2. A powerful person.
   idiomatic
3. A highly successful business person.
   idiomatic

Examples

“Constantine inscribed these words on the pedestal:— Oh Christ! king and master of the universe, I consecrate this humble tower, this sceptre, and the power of Rome, to thee!”

“Svarogu, the god of the ancient pagan Slavs, should no doubt⟳ equally be placed. Like⟳ Zeus, like⟳ Jupiter, like⟳ Varuna, like⟳ Ahura Mazda, he is the master of the universe, the gods are his children, and it is from him that they have⟳ received their functions.”

“To God, the Supreme Master of the universe, our Creator, the All Holy, All Good, we owe⟳ honour, service, obedience, and love⟳.”

“First, by them made obstinate by the onetime masters of the universe.”

“I have⟳ told you, where the air is pure, where every sound⟳ soothes, where one is sure to be humbled, however proud may be his nature. I love⟳ that humiliation, I, who am master of the universe, as was Augustus”

“They felt themselves lords and masters of the universe, with power over life and death.”

“The Masters of the Universe were a set⟳ of lurid, rapacious plastic dolls that his otherwise perfect daughter liked to play⟳ with. […] On Wall Street he and a few others—how many?—three hundred, four hundred, five hundred?—had become⟳ precisely that. . . Masters of the Universe. There was . . . no limit⟳ whatsoever!”

“They had their suit⟳ jackets off, and at this hour of morning—9:20 a.m.—they were leaning back in their seats, reading their Wall Street Journals, and congratulating themselves on being young Masters of the Universe.”

“No matter⟳ how much you may dislike the Masters of the Universe, my friends, there are plenty of other parts of the universe that would welcome⟳ them.”

“The man who once boasted he was "master of the universe" for making Vivendi a global media giant arrived in less triumphant fashion on Wednesday – through the back door of a Paris court.”

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