kinghood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kinghood
First recorded in 1300–50, kinghood is from the Middle English word kinghod. See king, -hood
Example Sentences
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Shakespeare's Henry V. As Shakesspeare wrote it, The Cronicle History of Henry the fift is an intensely masculine, simple, sanguine drama of kinghood and war.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Louis, surely, if in any one, the majesty of kinghood is represented.
From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace
True kinghood is independent of royal birth or power or ensigns.
From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington
I have sometimes thought that a symptom of the decay of true kinghood in modern times is the love of monarchs for solitude.
From Castilian Days by Hay, John
He admits the story, but depicts Arthur as the flower of kinghood, ‘Rex quondam rexque futurus.’
From The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 by Inge, William Ralph
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