Kinghood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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