kingship

Example Sentences

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“The Round Table,” Proske said, “which Arthur devotes his life to, stands for or embodies an idea of good governance and good kingship, which is not quite the same as democracy.”

From New York Times

"In essence Stonehenge and stone circles are cosmological timepieces. They were used to take man from a society based on hunter gatherers, to a kingship society based on farming and animal husbandry."

From BBC

Finally, the very idea of kingship itself was fabricated.

From Los Angeles Times

Charles, however, is relatively unpopular, and Lacey said the interview could have implications for his eventual kingship.

From Washington Post

That fiery modern-dress production, with its evocations of the Iraq war, reminded audiences that combat can be blind to skin color — so why shouldn’t kingship?

From New York Times