Hello playground!
I'm looking for a word that I think exists but am not entirely sure. It simultaneously means two things: an acknowledgement that someone is your superior (i.e. like Lord, Sir, Commander, etc.) and that someone is a perfect example of their kind (i.e. like model or epitome).
The context: it's for a campaign, and it's the title for the commander of a race of genetically bred warriors. Their commander is considered to be almost demigod-like in importance and perfection by the average soldier, and I want to convey that with the title.
What I have so far: I was thinking maybe exemplar or possibly paragon. The closest that comes to conveying what I'm looking for is adonai, a Hebrew word for god that shares the same root as the word Adonis. It works, but I'm not sure if it works well enough.
As always, thanks for any and all help!