kinghood

[king-hoo d]

noun

Origin of kinghood

First recorded in 1300–50, kinghood is from the Middle English word kinghod. See king, -hood

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In Louis, surely, if in any one, the majesty of kinghood is represented.
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
William Makepeace Thackeray
Kinghood is equally necessary in Greek dynasty, and in Gothic.
Val d'Arno
John Ruskin
He admits the story, but depicts Arthur as the flower of kinghood, ‘Rex quondam rexque futurus.’
The Victorian Age
William Ralph Inge