单词 | kingly |
释义 | kinglyadj. 1. Of the nature of a king or kings; royal; of royal rank. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [adjective] > kingly kinglyc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Pet. ii. 9 Ȝe ben a kynde chosun, kyngly presthod [L. regale sacerdotium], holy folk. a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (New Coll. Oxf.) (1850) 1 Pet. ii. 9 Gloss. Ȝe ben of the kyn of God, a kingly presthod; that is, maad lijc Crist, which is king and prest. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hosea v. 1 Geue eare, o thou kingly house. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 165 He..to my Kingly Guest Vnclasp'd my practise. 1652 Sir E. Peyton (title) The Divine Catastrophe of the Kingly Family of the House of Stuarts. 1700 W. Fleetwood Funeral Serm. 9 How short is our Prospect now! in what a little Compass is our Kingly Family contain'd! 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 33 156/2 He was..descended..from the kingly line of Gebel el Tuaric. 1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. iii. 108 In every Kingdom there was a kingly house, out of which..alone kings were chosen. 1911 H. G. Schuette Athonia vii. 168 The kingly house of Troy greatly valued and admired sparkling jewels. 1964 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 16 July (1995) 347 The traditions of the North Sea concerning the coming of..ancestors of kingly lines, in boats. 2014 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 3 Oct. 18 In pre-colonial times there were many lines descending from many kingly ancestors in Zimbabwe. 2. a. Of or belonging to a king; fit or suitable for a king; held, exercised, or issued by a king; regal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [adjective] kingly1417 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [adjective] > kingly > relating to king reala1325 rialc1330 royalc1405 kingly1417 1417 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 69 (MED) The kyngly desyre of your inspired excellence deliteth to here of the welfare of your forsayd Cite. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 503 (MED) Þe cors of þe worþi kyng Of Perce lond..With kyngly honour oute of Troye toun Shal caried ben in-to his regioun To be buried. a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 29 Lettres seled wyth his kyngly ryng. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxi Dauid yt from kepyng of shepe, was drawen vp in to the order of kyngly gouernaunce. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii. 20 b Governours..did chase them away with al the other kinglie officers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 97 I thrice presented him a Kingly Crowne, Which he did thrice refuse. View more context for this quotation 1695 G. Hickes Some Disc. upon Dr. Burnet & Dr. Tillotson sig. Z v Beseeching all men..to Exalt to the Kingdom the true and lawful Heir, and him to Crown in Kingly Throne. 1725 J. Reynolds View of Death 120 Whose just desires are still confin'd To noble treasures of the mind..Has more of king, and kingly robe, Than he that governs half the globe. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 174 Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 42 Whether the magistrate to whom the whole kingly power was transferred should assume the kingly title. 1893 Butterfly Aug. 202 Put off thy kingly robe, and lay it on my shoulders, so shall I be queen. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. v. v. 177 Abandoning his kingly authority,..he sent the young Prince of Wales to beg the House of Lords to reduce the sentence. 1969 B. Head When Rain Clouds Gather v. 63 He had acquired a number of personal possessions to bolster the [royal] image. One was a high-backed kingly chair and the other was a deep purple..dressing gown. 2011 Times (Nexis) 1 July 12 A diminished figure limps, misshapen, under kingly robes, towards his terrified young queen. b. spec. Of government or rule: monarchical, vested in a monarch; (of a place) ruled by a monarch. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > monarchical government > [adjective] > of nature of monarchy kingly1566 monarchala1586 monarchical1587 monarchial1602 monarchic1624 1566 A. Rush President for Prince sig. G.ij. This maner of thankfulnesse (saith Iamblicus) meritò coronam Imperij appellauerim, I maye worthily cleape the crowne of Kingly gouernement. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. v. vi. 536 It is plaine, that the state of kingedome, or kingely gouernement came not from God. 1658 G. Wharton Second Narr. Late Parl. 19 To change the Government from Kingly to Parliamentary. 1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 232 Aristotle..was no friend of the kingly government. 1797 E. Morgan Jrnl. Movements French Fleet 8 Under every kind of government, whether Kingly, Aristocratic, Democratic, or Republican, this laudable affection has always had a prevailing influence. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 163 The kingly form of government appears to have been the only one known in the heroic age. 1899 Daily News 8 May 8/4 [Mommsen's] conclusions regarding capital punishment in Kingly, Republican, and Imperial Rome. 1915 C. A. Beard Econ. Origins Jeffersonian Democracy xi. 313 The children of the common people should be educated into dislike and enmity for kingly government. 1988 S. Neeman tr. A. L. Eliav New Heart, New Spirit vii. 141 That king, Saul, ushered in the period of kingly rule in Israel. 2015 Irish Times (Nexis) 20 May 12 In these plays of usurpation and fractious succession, kingly rule is reordered, from a divine right to a righteous challenge. 3. Esp. of an action, person, or personal attribute: characteristic or worthy of a king; kinglike; dignified, noble. Also more generally: majestic, impressive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1578 (MED) He [sc. Priam] desyreth, of kyngly hiȝe prudence, To stint werre & to norische pes. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1895 (MED) He gan the kyng salue Requiring hym, of kyngly excellence, In goodly wise [to] ȝeve hym audience. 1565 R. Shacklock tr. J. Osório Epist. to Quene of Eng. f. 12v Men bewtified with the iewells of kyngly qualities, that is to say, iustice, temperance, manhode, [etc.]. 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. I3 What a high spirit hath this Englishman, He tunes his speaches to a kingly keye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 29 I am farre better borne then is the king: More like a King, more Kingly in my thoughts. View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 5 There is nothing more kingly in a King, then the performance of his word. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 122 A generous, laudable, and Kingly Pride. 1763 Crit. Rev. Nov. 325 Nor did he ever suspect..that plebeian powers could withstand kingly force and kingly wisdom. 1793 C. Reeve Mem. Sir Roger de Clarendon I. 45 Henry, with all his great and kingly qualities, lost the duty and affection of his queen. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlix. 461 The kingly bergs began their impressive march. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 24 The possession of this kingly look implies nothing whatever as respects kingly and commanding qualities. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 79 The kingliest Abbey in all Christian lands. 1928 E. A. Powell Embattled Borders iv. 165 Possesses to an exceptional degree the kingly faculty of making those with whom he converses feel ‘at home’. 1980 Antiquaries Jrnl. 60 281 Lely was an expert at satisfying kingly tastes, and his reputation..reached back to his native Germany. 2014 Pakistan Observer (Nexis) 4 June While demonstrating the kingly style in his general conduct, he seems to retain..greed, vindictiveness and incompetence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † kinglyadv. Obsolete. In a kingly manner; royally; regally. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adverb] micklelyeOE worthlyeOE noblelyc1300 lordlya1398 greatlya1400 kinglyc1425 princely1548 lordlikea1555 princelike1567 majestically1577 kinglike1582 elevatedly1593 great1616 grandly1647 augustly1649 magnificently1660 grand1729 lordfully1836 queenly1840 exaltedly1852 regally1852 nobilmente1899 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [adverb] kinglyc1425 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [adverb] > in a kingly manner kine-wurthlyc1225 kinglyc1425 royally?c1500 kinglike1582 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 3112 (MED) Þe kyng..Sittyng ful kyngly amyd his chiualrie. a1456 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 630 (MED) Be bounteuouse and kyngly honnourable. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 81 And that þat is said kingly in cyvill guyding it may be applied of comen counceyll and secrete. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. D Each man a crown: why kingly fought ifaith. a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 442 This Way he could not but dye Kingly, at least, like a Gentleman. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 201 Low bow'd the rest, He, kingly, did but nod. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 10 When I was frequent with him in my youth, And heard him Kingly speak. 1919 D. F. G. Johnson Poems 63 So kingly now he sat and ruled the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.c1384adv.c1425 |
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