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
"Of what use is his kinghood if he will not exercise it?"
From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
But how many more fine old traditions will the extremely sentimental traveller miss in the Italians over whom that little jostled prince in the landau will have come into his kinghood?
From Italian Hours by James, Henry
By the third He asserts His superiority to Solomon, whom the Jews reverenced as the bright, consummate flower of kinghood.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander
King am I, whatsoever be their cry; And one last act of kinghood shalt thou see Yet, ere I pass.”
From Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls by Marshall, Logan
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