kinghood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kinghood
First recorded in 1300–50, kinghood is from the Middle English word kinghod. See king, -hood
Example Sentences
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But as prices soared to a fresh high near $5,600 on Thursday, customers surrounding the bright yellow machine installed by gold trading firm Kinghood Group were looking to sell.
From Barron's
Minutes after Zhao deposited the ring into the machine, a message popped up on its screen that said Kinghood would buy the chunk of high-karat gold for over 12,000 yuan.
From Barron's
His words, the strongest yet on the subject of his kinghood, are to be broadcast in a documentary on BBC One on Thursday to mark his 70th birthday.
From The Guardian
He retired from the pride and pageantry of kinghood, to lead a life of prayer and mortification: a lowly cottage was his dwelling; sackcloth p. 191his apparel; he lived by the labour of his hands; the crystal rill afforded his only beverage, and barley bread, rendered more disrelishing by a sprinkling of ashes, his constant food.
From Project Gutenberg
He admits the story, but depicts Arthur as the flower of kinghood, ‘Rex quondam rexque futurus.’
From Project Gutenberg
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