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kinghood

[king-hoo d]

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noun

the state of being king; kingship.

Origin of kinghood

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for kinghood

Historical Examples of kinghood

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