kingship
US/ˈkɪŋʃɪp/
kingship noun: the dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
Noun
kingship (countable and uncountable, plural kingships)
- The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
- Near-synonym: kingdom
- The traditional world knew divine kingship.1995, Julius Evola, “The Beginning”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno...
- Synonyms:
- kingdom
- A monarchy.
- The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.
kingship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
kingship in Hindi
- kingship
- राजत्व rājatva
- kingship; state of being a badshah
- बादशाहत bādśāhat
kingship in Tamil
- அரச பதவி, ராசாங்கம், கொற்றம்
kingship in Urdu
- بادشاہت, راج, تاجداری
kingship in Malayalam
- kingship; lordship; ownership
- കോയ്മ kōyma
More languagesFewer languages
- kingship in Kannada
- ರಾಜತ್ವ, ದೊರೆತನ, ಅರಸುತನ
- kingship in Sanskrit
- राज्य rājya
- kingship in Myanmar
- ထီးနန်း hti:nan:
Examples of kingship in a sentence
- Were it not for the fact of my kingship, I would blush at your admirational effusions.
- After the exile, God's kingship changed from more henotheistic expressions to monotheistic ones.
- By the eleventh century, sacred kingship within the west was separated from the hierarchies of church rule.
Synonyms of kingship
Forms of kingship
| plural | kingships |
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Origin of kingship
From king + -ship.
Words formed from kingship
Questions about kingship
- What does kingship mean?
- Kingship means the dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
- What is kingship in Hindi?
- Kingship in Hindi is राजत्व (rājatva), बादशाहत (bādśāhat). See Kingship meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kingship?
- Kingship is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kingship?
- Kingship is pronounced /ˈkɪŋʃɪp/ (US).
- What is the plural of kingship?
- The plural of kingship is kingships.
Words near kingship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kingship (page history and authors); बादशाहत (Hindi) (page history and authors); kingship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kingship (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കോയ്മ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); kingship (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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