kinglinessn.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark iii. f. 28 Shewed no poynte of Kingliness [L. nihil regale prae se ferentes].

a1618 W. Raleigh Apol. Voy. Guiana 71 in Judicious & Sel. Ess. (1650) To that grace, and goodnesse, and Kinglynesse I referre my self.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus v. 105 Because thou art so qualified to rule as a King, God has called thee to Kinglyness by unction.

1732 G. Hall Pract. Serm. 58 The Lion's generally imagined to be a Royal Brute as if there were something of Kingliness and Majesty in it.

1780 W. Combe R—l Reg. III. 137 His jokes are not Kingly jokes; at least, they lose their Kingliness in Mr. Pinchbeck's repetition of them.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. ii. ii. 187 Warwick, thou deemest ill of thy King's kingliness.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 388 The kingliness was in the whole kin; one son of Woden was as kingly as another.

1929 Rotarian Apr. 28/3 He believes that his kingliness is best preserved by keeping an impassable distance between himself and his subjects.

1964 Life 1 May 91/2 He rid Lear of his glamor, kingliness; made him down to earth.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Jan. 20 Their..precious materials made such illuminated manuscripts the most valuable possessions.., and for rulers costliness reflected kingliness.