king's evil
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of king's evil
1350–1400; Middle English kynges evel
Example Sentences
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Philip de Comines states, that the king always confessed before the cure of the king's evil.
From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by George Barton Cutten
The power attached to them for this form of ailment was similar to that which the king's touch had for scrofula or the king's evil.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
"This copy possesses the large folded engraving of Henry IV., assisted by his courtiers in the ceremony of curing the king's evil."
From Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
This was the reason why it was called the king's evil.
From Charles I Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
The lady was Queen Anne, to whom, in compliance with a superstition just dying a natural death, he had been taken by his mother to be touched for the king's evil.
From Samuel Johnson by Sir Leslie Stephen
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