kinglist

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noun

A document, especially a historical one, which lists kings (for example, of Egypt or Sumer).

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Meanings

nounkinglist (plural kinglists)

plural kinglists

  1. A document, especially a historical one, which lists kings (for example, of Egypt or Sumer).

    Most important, the name Nehsy is recorded in the Turin kinglist, where its position made scholars consider it as representing one of the early rulers of the 14th Dynasty (Bietak 1984b; Ryholt 1997: 94-97).

    2007, Daphna Ben-Tor, Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections: Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period, Saint-Paul, →ISBN, page 110

Origin

From king + list.

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APA

kinglist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinglist

MLA

“kinglist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinglist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kinglist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinglist.

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