Crownlessness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of lacking a crown. uncountable
- 2 A state of defeat, or of not sharing in victory. figuratively, uncountable
"Yea since we are come forth from our sore troubles let us not fall into the desolation of crownlessness, neither nurse our griefs; but having ease from our ills that are past mending, we will set some pleasant thing before the people, […]"
Example
More examples"Yea since we are come forth from our sore troubles let us not fall into the desolation of crownlessness, neither nurse our griefs; but having ease from our ills that are past mending, we will set some pleasant thing before the people, […]"
Etymology
From crownless + -ness.
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