kinghood

[ king-hood ]

noun

1. the state of being king; kingship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinghood¹

First recorded in 1300–50, kinghood is from the Middle English word kinghod. See king, -hood

Example Sentences

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

Shakespeare's Henry V. As Shakesspeare wrote it, The Cronicle History of Henry the fift is an intensely masculine, simple, sanguine drama of kinghood and war.

From Time Magazine Archive

To serve her in her need, Amaldi felt, would confer kinghood of spirit.

From Project Gutenberg