kingliness
- a word derived from kingly.
Example Sentences
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A man's goal in his quest is a kingliness, a regal self-possession.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inhaling that strange fragrance of divinity that breathed from his body, and penetrated by the kingliness of his mien, the passionate yet spiritual beauty of his dark, dreamy face, they awaited the great declaration.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
And so she cries at the last: "Your nature too is kingly"; and this is for her the sole source of ardour—she "trusts truth's inherent kingliness"; and the poets are of all men most royal.
From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell
Mr. Holloway's Theseus was wanting in kingliness, and his hunting scene was perhaps the worst thing in the play.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
And that is ever the characteristic of true kingliness; it has a kingly way of doing the smaller things.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
