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▪ I. ˈking-ˌkilling, n.
The killing of a king or kings.
1606Proc. agst. late Traitors 105 That King-killing and Queen-killing was not indeed a doctrine of theirs. 1662Rump Songs (1874) II. 98 Murther and Lyes, King-Killing, Hypocrisy, Cheats. 1667J. Corbet Disc. Relig. Eng. 4 The Jesuits Doctrine of king-killing, hath made them odious.
attrib.1643Prynne Sov. Power Parlt. i. (ed. 2) 3 This King-deposing, King-killing Popish Doctrine.
▪ II. ˈking-ˌkilling, a.
That kills a king or kings; regicidal.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. ii. Babylon 4 King-killing Treacheries Succeed a-row, with Wrack of Israel. a1732Atterbury Serm. (1737) IV. 21 They outstripped..even the bloodiest of their king-killing neighbours. |