archking

plural archkings

1. rareA chief king.

   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.

   1900, Ohio Sanitary Bulletin, Volume 4, Office of the State Board of Health, page 74

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   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.

   1907, John O'Hanlon, Edward O'Leary, History of the Queen's County, Sealy, Bryers & Walker, page 75

   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.

   1994, Dafydd Ab Hugh, Arthur War Lord, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 114