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
Wild tales of the supposed massacre had left them the objects of a vengeful hate unknown before in England, but with the king they were simply counters in his game of kingcraft.
From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by Green, John Richard
Well, I know little of kingcraft, but I may at least call myself a soldier.
From The Traitors by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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