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Of or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 1701, Jonathan Swift, A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, Chapter IV, in The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, edited by John Nichols, London: J. Johnson, 1801, Vol. 2, pp. 328-9 https://books.google.ca/books?id=fN4NAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false But in Sparta, which was called a kingly government, though the people were perfectly free, yet because the administration was in the two kings and the ephori, with the assistance of the senate, we read of no impeachments by the people;
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fit for a king, kinglike
Antonyms: unkinglike, unkingly, unregal, unroyal
Broader terms: majestic, monarchical, regal, royal
Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal; as befits a king, in the manner of a king.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1580s, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, London: Simon Waterson, 1613, Book 2, p. 159, https://books.google.ca/books?id=a0XVv0Gubt8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false For then she sets foorth the liberty of his mind, the high flying of his thoughts, the fitnesse in him to beare rule, the singular loue the subiects bare him; that it was doubtful, whether his wit were greater in winning their fauours, or his courage in imploying their fauours: that he was not borne to liue a subiect-life, each action of his bearing in it Maiestie, such a kingly entertainement, such a kingly magnificence, such a kingly heart for enterprises: especially remembring those vertues, which in successor are no more honored by the subiects, then suspected of the Princes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fit for a king, kinglike
Antonyms: unkinglike, unkingly, unregal, unroyal
Broader terms: majestic, monarchical, regal, royal
In a royal manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- symbolizing kingly power
- the murder of his kingly guest
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kinglike
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English kyngly, from Old English *cyninglīċ (“kingly, royal”), equivalent to king + -ly. Cognate with Dutch koninklijk (“kingly, royal”), German königlich (“kingly”), Swedish kunglig (“kingly”). Compare also Old English cynelīċ (“kingly, royal, public”).
From Middle English kyngly, from Old English *cyninglīċe (“kingly, royally”), equivalent to king + -ly. Compare Old English cynelīċe (“kingly, royally, publicly”).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
царствен
(carstven)
— majestic and regal
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Bulgarian:
величествен
(veličestven)
— majestic and regal
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Finnish:
kuninkaallinen
— majestic and regal
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Finnish:
majesteettinen
— majestic and regal
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Georgian:
მეფის
(mepis)
— majestic and regal
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Georgian:
მეფური
(mepuri)
— majestic and regal
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Georgian:
სამეფო
(samepo)
— majestic and regal
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German:
königlich
— majestic and regal
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German:
edel
— majestic and regal
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German:
vornehm
— majestic and regal
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German:
majestätisch
— majestic and regal
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German:
wie ein König
— majestic and regal
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Gothic:
𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃
(reikeis)
— majestic and regal
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Irish:
ríoga
— majestic and regal
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Irish:
ríúil
— majestic and regal
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Latin:
regius
— majestic and regal
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Latin:
regalis
— majestic and regal
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Persian:
شاهوار
(šâhvâr)
— majestic and regal
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Middle Persian:
𐭱𐭠𐭤𐭥𐭠𐭥
(šāhvār)
— majestic and regal
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Portuguese:
régio
— majestic and regal
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Sanskrit:
राज्य
(rājya)
— majestic and regal
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Scottish Gaelic:
rìoghail
— majestic and regal
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Swedish:
kunglig
— majestic and regal
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Swedish:
konungslig
— majestic and regal
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Volapük:
regik
— majestic and regal
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German:
königlich
— in a royal manner
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German:
edel
— in a royal manner
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German:
vornehm
— in a royal manner
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German:
majestätisch
— in a royal manner
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Macedonian:
кралски
(kralski)
— in a royal manner
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Macedonian:
царски
(carski)
— in a royal manner
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Polish:
po królewsku
— in a royal manner
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Polish:
królewsko
— in a royal manner
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Portuguese:
regiamente
— in a royal manner
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Spanish:
majestuosamente
— in a royal manner
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Swedish:
kungligt
— in a royal manner
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Volapük:
regiko
— in a royal manner
