Kinghood
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being a king. uncountable, usually
"Everything about him suggests it; from his first conversion from the imperial to the papal (and popular) cause, to his great refusal of the kinghood of the city he had taken; "I will not wear a crown of gold where my Master wore a crown of thorns.""
Example
More examples"Everything about him suggests it; from his first conversion from the imperial to the papal (and popular) cause, to his great refusal of the kinghood of the city he had taken; "I will not wear a crown of gold where my Master wore a crown of thorns.""
Etymology
From Middle English kinghod, equivalent to king + -hood.
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