kingship

English

Etymology

king +‎ -ship.

Noun

kingship (countable and uncountable, plural kingships)

1. The dignity, rank or office of a king; the state of being a king.
   • 1995, Julius Evola, “The Beginning”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World‎^[1], Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 6:

     The traditional world knew divine kingship.

2. A monarchy.
3. The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.

Derived terms

• administrative kingship
• high kingship

 

Translations

state of being a king

• Bulgarian: царски сан (carski san)
• Burmese: ထီးနန်း (my) (hti:nan:)
• Danish: kongeskab c
• Dutch: koningschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: reĝeco
• Finnish: kuninkuus (fi)
• French: royauté (fr) f
• German: Königschaft f
• Hebrew: מְלוּכָה f (melukhá)
• Ido: rejeso (io)
• Irish: ríogacht f
• Italian: regalità f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: kongeskap m

• Polish: królewskość (pl) f, majestat (pl) m
• Portuguese: realeza (pt) f, reinado (pt) m
• Russian: короле́вская власть f (korolévskaja vlastʹ)
• Sanskrit: राज्य (sa) n (rājya)
• Spanish: realeza f, reinado (es) m
• Swedish: kungadöme (sv) n
• Turkish: krallık (tr)