kingship

Example Sentences

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But it is continental kingship the 33-year-old has spent the twilight years of his career chasing.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

In 1415, on the eve of challenging France at the Battle of Agincourt, he agonizes about the moral burdens of kingship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The defining attribute of a dictatorship, as well as of kingship in its ancient and absolute form, is the assertion that law—its making, interpretation, adjudication, and enforcement—is an emanation of the will of one man.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

Water lilies symbolized "Classic Maya kingship," Lucero wrote.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

How poorly, I thought, the mantle of kingship rested on his careless shoulders.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein