Kung

¹

or !Kung

[ koong ]

noun

, plural Kungs, (especially collectively) Kung.

1. a member of a San people of the Kalahari desert basin of southern Africa.

Kung

²

[ koong, goong ]

noun

1. H. H. K'ung Hsiang-hsiKong Xiangxi, 1881–1967, Chinese financier and statesman.
2. Prince, 1833–98, Chinese statesman of the late Ch'ing dynasty.

Küng

³

[ koong; German kyng ]

noun

1. Hans, 1928–2021, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and writer: critic of papal authority.

Küng

/ kʊŋ /

noun

1. KüngHans1928MSwissRELIGION: theologian Hans. born 1928, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, who questioned the doctrine of infallibility: his licence to teach was withdrawn in 1979. His books include Global Responsibility (1991)

Example Sentences

Küng served as a priest in Switzerland in the late 1950s before beginning his academic career.

From Washington Post

Küng, an ordained priest who worked primarily as a scholar and writer, was regarded by admirers and detractors alike as one of the most important Catholic thinkers of the past century.

From Washington Post

Küng believed priests should be allowed to marry and that popes should be elected not by a secret vote of the College of Cardinals but by ordinary priests and church members.

From Washington Post

The show is loaded with beautifully shot, carefully choreographed sequences of magical kung-fu.

From The Daily Beast

By now I'm so overwrought with chi's and fu's and kong's and kung's that my eyes have about crossed.

From The Daily Beast

Kung fu is not the name of a martial-arts form; it means 'something with diligent applications.'

From The Daily Beast

The Kung also introduced a law forbidding domestic abuse, a huge issue for women worldwide.

From The Daily Beast

Boxers tell the tale of Little Bao, a peasant boy who learns kung fu and joins the Boxer Rebellion.

From The Daily Beast

We rode slowly up to the Kore-la, left our old road to the right, and camped at Kung-muga.

From Project Gutenberg

The water (of the lake Kung-sheng) flows westwards for more than 50 li, and forms another lake, 80 li wide, and without an outlet.

From Project Gutenberg

Tzu-kung said, The Master gets it by his warmth and honesty, by politeness, modesty and yielding.

From Project Gutenberg

Tzu-ch'in said to Tzu-kung, When he comes to a country the Master always hears how it is governed; does he ask, or is it told him?

From Project Gutenberg

Tzu-kung said, If I had here a fair piece of jade, should I hide it away in a case, or seek a good price and sell it?

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