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kingship (countable and uncountable, plural kingships)
- The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
- Hyponyms: administrative kingship, high kingship
- Coordinate terms: queenship, queendom, princeship, princedom, princessship, princessdom
- Near-synonym: kingdom
- 1995, Julius Evola, “The Beginning”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 6:
- The traditional world knew divine kingship.
- 2021, Tracy Borman, Crown and Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, Grove Atlantic, →ISBN, page 25:
- [Of Henry I, who reigned 1100–1135:] Although the king's harsh treatment of his brother [Robert Curthose] sparked widespread criticism, it was typical of Henry's pragmatic approach to kingship. If he had shown greater mercy and set Robert free, it would have been only a matter of time before Curthose made fresh trouble. As it was, the Anglo-Norman territory that had been so hard won by their father was now firmly under Henry's control.
- A monarchy.
- The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.
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Translations
state of being a king
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