kingliness

kingliness

English

Etymology

From kingly +‎ -ness.

Noun

kingliness (usually uncountable, plural kinglinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being kingly.
    • 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 163:
      If he is there portrayed in bodily presence as courteous in his kingliness, kindly, beloved by his retainers and the servants of his house […]
  2. (countable) The result or product of being kingly.

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