kingcraft
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kingcraft
Example Sentences
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Watch the Throne, Jay-Z and 's blockbuster collaboration, makes overt reference to kingcraft, nodding to the exalted status of its makers and invoking the "p-p-p paranoia" that comes with power.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2011
In the 1820s and '30s, there was the Workingmen's Movement, pitted against the evils of "kingcraft, priestcraft and lawyercraft."
From Time Magazine Archive
"The end and purpose of all kingcraft," said Beowulf.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
It is the most powerful piece of satire against kingcraft in the English language, and while it remains to be read by the people, kings may look on and tremble.
From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Joel Moody
The terms which the Houses offered were still severe; and Charles believed that a little kingcraft would free him from the need of accepting any terms whatever.
From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by John Richard Green
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