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
To serve her in her need, Amaldi felt, would confer kinghood of spirit.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
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
He admits the story, but depicts Arthur as the flower of kinghood, ‘Rex quondam rexque futurus.’
From The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 by Inge, William Ralph
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
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