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
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
To serve her in her need, Amaldi felt, would confer kinghood of spirit.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
In Louis, surely, if in any one, the majesty of kinghood is represented.
From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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