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regicidal, a.|ˌrɛdʒɪˈsaɪdəl| [f. regicide + -al1.] Pertaining to, characterized by, inclined to, regicide.
a1779Warburton Wks. X. 136 (R.), One might suspect this regicidal collection to be the spiritual breathings of an enlightened Methodist. 1813Grattan Parl. Deb. 11 May, This oath abjured the regicidal power attributed to the Pope. 1834Disraeli Rev. Epick ii. xxiv. 127 The regicidal steel that shall redeem A nation's sorrow with a tyrant's blood. 1883Goldw. Smith in Ward Eng. Poets II. 381 Marvell, far less compromised and by no means regicidal, remained in public life. |