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
In one generation the sons of Tancred passed from the condition of squires in the Norman vale of 295 Cotentin, to kinghood in the richest island of the southern sea.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
As a statesman and ruler, he would understand that Urim's passing was incidental to a change in power and one of the hazards of kinghood.
From Warrior of the Dawn by Browne, Howard
It was the day of his triumph, and a fitting time to acknowledge his kinghood; and her admission that she thought him the greatest, the most excellent of men did not surprise me.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert
Slaves whose souls tell them that they are but slaves, Strike those whose native kinghood all can see: Martyrdom is the stamp of royalty.
From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington
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