单词 | kinglihood |
释义 | kinglihoodn. Now rare. Kingly or royal status; royalty; (also) kingly quality, majesty. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > king > kingly state kingdomOE kinghooda1375 kingheada1393 kingshipa1400 kinglihood1653 1653 N. Homes Αποκαλυψις Αναστασεως i. iii. 76/1 The Saints are made Priests and Kings to God, their Kinglyhood is there meant in relation of that which there followes, viz. Their reigning upon earth. 1709 F. Gandouet French Politick Detected ii. 33 He also depriveth Christ of his Kinglihood, as appears by his calling the Virgin Mary Queen of Heaven. a1833 A. H. Hallam Remains in Verse & Prose (1834) 8 Mountain austere, and full of kinglihood! 1869 Ld. Tennyson Coming of Arthur 50 He neither wore on helm or shield The golden symbol of his kinglihood. 1920 Sunset Apr. 34/3 One does not forget one's kinglihood for such a cause. 1943 Poetry 62 200 In humility feign kinglihood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1653 |
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