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单词 kingship
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Definition of kingship in English:

kingship

noun ˈkɪŋʃɪpˈkɪŋˌʃɪp
  • The state or position of being a king.

    upon his succession to the kingship David retained his English estates
    mass noun Edmund assumed kingship of Mercia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He recounts the failure of Yorkist kingship.
    • Confined by illness and death-threats to Whitehall, Cromwell wrestles with Parliament's offer of kingship.
    • Following the division of the Carolingian Empire in 843, the Ottonian rulers united their German kingship with the imperial crown.
    • The principle of divine kingship was maintained even when the king was replaced by rulers drawn from outside the family of the enthroned king.
    • Each army is led by a powerful Greek chieftain who aides him in regaining the kingship.
    • This is a Lear who learns too late that kingship is no protection against ordinary mortal suffering.
    • Forceful, dominant, and fertile, the ram is a visual metaphor of kingship.
    • Horus was the god of kingship; every ruler of Egypt was his incarnation.
    • Succession dispute is a common feature of all these kingships.
    • Macbeth cannot contemplate kingship for himself without imagining turning his sword against the king.
 
 

Definition of kingship in US English:

kingship

nounˈkiNGˌSHipˈkɪŋˌʃɪp
  • The state or position of being a king.

    upon his succession to the kingship David retained his English estates
    Edmund assumed kingship of Mercia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Forceful, dominant, and fertile, the ram is a visual metaphor of kingship.
    • Following the division of the Carolingian Empire in 843, the Ottonian rulers united their German kingship with the imperial crown.
    • Each army is led by a powerful Greek chieftain who aides him in regaining the kingship.
    • Succession dispute is a common feature of all these kingships.
    • Macbeth cannot contemplate kingship for himself without imagining turning his sword against the king.
    • The principle of divine kingship was maintained even when the king was replaced by rulers drawn from outside the family of the enthroned king.
    • He recounts the failure of Yorkist kingship.
    • Horus was the god of kingship; every ruler of Egypt was his incarnation.
    • This is a Lear who learns too late that kingship is no protection against ordinary mortal suffering.
    • Confined by illness and death-threats to Whitehall, Cromwell wrestles with Parliament's offer of kingship.
 
 
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