Regicide is a foil to the divine right of kings.
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Regicide
//ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd//
Synonyms for "regicide" (23 found)
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61 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mbretvrasës noun (one who kills a king)
Armenian
1 entries- արքայասպան noun (one who kills a king)
Bulgarian
2 entries- цареубиец noun (one who kills a king)
- цареубийство noun (the killing of a king)
Catalan
2 entries- regicida noun (one who kills a king)
- regicidi noun (the killing of a king)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 弒君 /弑君 noun (the killing of a king)
- 弒君者 /弑君者 noun (one who kills a king)
Czech
2 entries- královrah noun (one who kills a king)
- královražda noun (the killing of a king)
Danish
2 entries- kongemord noun (the killing of a king)
- kongemorder noun (one who kills a king)
Dutch
4 entries- koningsmoord noun (the killing of a king)
- koningsmoordenaar noun (one who kills a king)
- regicide noun (the killing of a king)
- vorstenmoord noun (the killing of a king)
Esperanto
2 entries- reĝmortiginto noun (one who kills a king)
- reĝmurdinto noun (one who kills a king)
Finnish
2 entries- kuninkaanmurha noun (the killing of a king)
- kuninkaansurmaaja noun (one who kills a king)
French
2 entries- régicide noun (the killing of a king)
- régicide noun (one who kills a king)
German
4 entries- Fürstenmord noun (the killing of a king)
- Fürstenmörder noun (one who kills a king)
- Königsmord noun (the killing of a king)
- Königsmörder noun (one who kills a king)
Greek
2 entries- βασιλοκτονία noun (the killing of a king)
- βασιλοκτόνος noun (one who kills a king)
Hungarian
2 entries- királygyilkos noun (one who kills a king)
- királygyilkosság noun (the killing of a king)
Irish
1 entries- rímharfóir noun (one who kills a king)
Italian
2 entries- regicida noun (one who kills a king)
- regicidio noun (the killing of a king)
Japanese
2 entries- 弑逆 noun (the killing of a king)
- 王殺し noun (the killing of a king)
Korean
1 entries- 시역 noun (the killing of a king)
Macedonian
2 entries- кралоу́биец noun (one who kills a king)
- кралоубиство noun (the killing of a king)
Polish
3 entries- królobójca noun (one who kills a king)
- królobójczyni noun (one who kills a king)
- królobójstwo noun (the killing of a king)
Portuguese
2 entries- regicida noun (one who kills a king)
- regicídio noun (the killing of a king)
Romanian
1 entries- regicid noun (the killing of a king)
Russian
2 entries- цареуби́йство noun (the killing of a king)
- цареуби́йца noun (one who kills a king)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- careubica noun (one who kills a king)
- careubistvo noun (the killing of a king)
- kraljoubica noun (one who kills a king)
- kraljoubistvo noun (the killing of a king)
Slovak
2 entries- kráľovrah noun (one who kills a king)
- kráľovražda noun (the killing of a king)
Spanish
2 entries- regicida noun (one who kills a king)
- regicidio noun (the killing of a king)
Swedish
2 entries- kungamord noun (the killing of a king)
- kungamördare noun (one who kills a king)
Urdu
2 entries- بادشاہ کا قاتل noun (one who kills a king)
- بادشاہ کا قتل noun (the killing of a king)
Sample sentences
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Is regicide a crime or a punishment?
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Tom is a regicide.
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The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
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