realmlessadj.
/ˈrɛlmləs/, U.S. /ˈrɛlmləs/ Now rare.
Deprived of a realm. Also figurative.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [adjective] > of or relating to realm > without a kingdom
kingdomless1605
unkingdomed1611
realmlessa1750
a1750 A. Hill Northern Star in Wks. (1753) I. 189 Lycurgus, now, immortal grown, Sheds deathless glory round a realmless throne.
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 146 His old right hand lay..Unsceptred; and his realmless eyes were closed.
1843 J. R. Lowell Prometheus in Poet. Wks. (1879) 32/1 Realmless in soul, as tyrants ever are.
1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis II. 282 Sethos the realmless prince, immoveable, before Amasis the usurper.
1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 29 Cabined in Canterbury, realmless ruler.
1961 E. Leoni Nostradamus: Life & Lit. 733 The realmless Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy was one of Philip's leaders in the North.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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