kingliness en · NOUN
Etymology
From kingly + -ness.
Meanings
-
(uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being kingly.
If he is there portrayed in bodily presence as courteous in his kingliness, kindly, beloved by his retainers and the servants of his house[…]
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 163:
- (countable, usually) The result or product of being kingly.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kinglinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
ga ríogacht (quality of being kingly) · io rejeso (quality of being kingly) · eo reĝeco (quality of being kingly)