单词 | kingdom-making |
释义 | > as lemmaskingdom-making C1. General attributive, objective, and instrumental, as kingdom-making, kingdom wearied, etc. ΚΠ a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 11 (MED) What is a kyngdom tresory?..Riche comouns and wyse clergy. 1645 Sc. Dove sent Out 778 I cannot but wonder, that any man (except as are thieves and robbers) can be drawne to side with these Kingdome-destroyers. 1650 A. Coppe Fiery Flying Roll 10 O the abominable perfidiousnesse, falseheartednesse; self-seeking, self-inriching, and Kingdome-depopulating, and devastating, &c. 1847 Christian Examiner & Relig. Misc. May 349 The ambitious and kingdom-loving Charles. 1856 E. FitzGerald tr. Jámi Salámán & Absál viii. 25 Kings in Blood, Kings too in the Kingdom-troubling Tribe of Beauty. 1872 A. T. de Vere Disbelief Milcho in Legends St. Patrick 161 Exile, or kingdom-wearied king. 1882 Times 18 Mar. 4/2 The Russian intrigue which they say pushed on the kingdom-making. 1917 E. A. Robinson Merlin vii. 156 Some quiet place where..cowherds may have more respondent ears Than kings and kingdom-builders. 2007 L. A. Smith Chaos: Very Short Introd. i. 6 Its rapid amplification to kingdom-shattering proportions. < as lemmas |
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