Meanings
nounkingliness (usually uncountable, plural kinglinesses)
plural kinglinesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being kingly.
If he is there portrayed in bodily presence as courteous in his kingliness, kindly, beloved by his retainers and the servants of his house[…]
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 163 - countableusuallyThe result or product of being kingly.
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Esperanto reĝeco
- reĝecoquality of being kingly
Irish ríogacht
- ríogachtquality of being kingly
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APA
kingliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kingliness
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“kingliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kingliness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kingliness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kingliness.
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