单词 | kingship |
释义 | kingshipn. 1. The office or position of a king; the fact of being king; the period of a king's reign. Also: the action of reigning as a king.In quot. 1865 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] > position of kingdomOE kinghooda1375 kingheada1393 kingshipa1400 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > king > kingly state kingdomOE kinghooda1375 kingheada1393 kingshipa1400 kinglihood1653 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8583 In his kingscip [Fairf. kingdome, Gött. king-riche] þe fourte daus, O-mang his folk he sett his laus. 1592 R. Verstegan Declar. True Causes Great Troubles 32 The women of Plimouth,..without any respect vnto kingship, or knighthoode, began..to assault Don Anthonio, & Drake. 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 96 The Kingship and Priestship of every particular man. 1700 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. xxiii. sig. Zzz2/2v The Kingship and Regal Dignity of Christ was proclaimed by an Enemy, and that in a time of his greatest Sufferings. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. vii. 249 Immediately upon the decease of the reigning prince..his kingship or imperial dignity..is vested at once in his heir. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 121 The kingship..which consists in a stronger moral state..than that of others. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiv. 374 The few days of life and kingship which still were his. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 4 Nov. (1995) 205 Sauron..was claiming both kingship and godship over Men of Middle-earth. 1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre xii. 178 There are three symbols of kingship in Africa. On the savannah, the panther. In the forest, the elephant. In water, the crocodile. 2012 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 11 Mar. 61 The trappings of George's kingship—his general's tricorne hat and sword—have been tossed aside, his Garter star is skew-whiff. 2. The rule of a king; monarchical government. Also (and earliest) in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > monarchical government > [noun] kingship1577 monarchy1597 royalty1796 1577 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. Ephesians xxxix. f. 280 They should not bee cruell towardes their wyues..but..their authority should rather bee a companionship than a kingship [Fr. de royaume]. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη x. 78 They designed, and proposed to me the new modelling of Soveraignty and Kingship. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 461 His army believed him real in his Zeal against Kingship. 1731 J. Morgan Phœnix Britannicus I. 147 Fought well against Kingship and Tyranny in the House of the Stewarts. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 329 In rebellious ages, when Kingship itself seems dead and abolished, Cromwell, Napoleon step forth again as Kings. 1895 J. Kidd Morality & Relig. viii. 337 The ideas that flow from it are not kingship and citizenship, but parentship and sonship. 1957 E. Voegelin Order & Hist. III. ii. ix. 347 The chapter in question surveys the types of royalty, distinguishing..the heroic kingship of the early Hellenic period, and..the patrimonial monarchy. 2008 I. H. Garipzanov Symbolic Lang. of Authority in Carolingian World ii. 44 After overthrowing the Frankish royal dynasty of the long-haired kings, the Carolingians did not have a tradition of legitimate kingship. 3. With possessive adjective (as his kingship, etc.), as a title of (mock) respect given to a king. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] > personality of kingship1638 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > king rexeOE kingeOE sceptre-state1598 kingship1638 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for a king or ruler kingeOE kingship1638 roi soleil1868 1638 C. Aleyn Hist. Henrie VII 119 He did..to Bodmin goe the Black-smiths towne, Where without Proclamation, or command His Kingship did encounter many a clowne. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. G8v I a Sheep-hook will bestow, To have his little King-ship know, As he is Prince, he's Shepherd too. 1660 A. Sadler Subjects Joy 28 Though..his fifty Boyes Do run before his Kingship. 1789 F. G. Waldron King in Country ii. 28 Why, an'like your kingship, I can scarce say at all! but, l thank ye!—l thank ye for my son's life. 1832 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 870 Then shall we skirt his kingship [sc. Scafell] all the way to the head of Seathwaite Tarn. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. xii. 183 His ebony kingship. 1910 C. Healy Escapades Candy Corrigan i. 10 His kingship said that he would have hung the boy from the nearest tree. 2007 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 July 30 Yeah, right on, your kingship, dude! 4. A territory ruled over by a king. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler richeeOE worldricheeOE kindomeOE kinrikeOE kingriklOE kine-erdc1275 kine-landc1275 kine-thedec1275 reigna1300 kine-earthc1300 realmc1300 kingdoma1325 kinglanda1325 regionc1330 ligeancec1380 regneec1380 realtya1387 royalme1389 kingheada1393 regalty?a1400 rialmec1400 monarchy?a1425 rialtya1425 regaly?a1439 regality1486 richdom?1505 state1539 kingdomshipa1549 sceptre-rule1611 royalty1638 kingship1700 raj1781 1700 C. Davenant Disc. Grants & Resumptions Introd. 3 In the Kingships settled by the Hunns, Goths and Vandals..the Conquer'd Country was divided. 1863 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 267/1 So long as countries are split into small kingships, and each valley has its chief. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings ii. ii. 79 The centuries-long coalescence of a considerable number of small communities into overlordships, republics, and petty kingships. 2015 Afr. News (Nexis) 31 Mar. The Oba of Benin has a special position in Asaba, Lagos, Warri and nearly all the large Kingships in Edo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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