archking

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English

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Etymology

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From arch- +‎ king.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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archking (plural archkings)

  1. (rare) A chief king.
    • 1900, Ohio Sanitary Bulletin, Volume 4[1], Office of the State Board of Health, page 74:
      The archking which we have to fight is ignorance, and until knowledge and conviction areonce gained, the work of all of us will meet with strenuous opposition.
    • 1907, John O'Hanlon, Edward O'Leary, History of the Queen's County[2], Sealy, Bryers & Walker, page 75:
      This Celtic Heptarchy was under the government of seven subordinate and petty chiefs, who were subject in turn to the jurisdiction of an archking called the Righ Riada or Reta.
    • 1994, Dafydd Ab Hugh, Arthur War Lord[3], Avon Books, →ISBN, page 114:
      There I bribed the ostler to shut his gaping mouth and fetch my favorite roan mare, Merillwyn, not a native pony, but a true Roman draft horse, big enough for war and trained by Uncle Leary 's own captain of horses, before the archking gave her to me.

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