Definition of "kingship" []

• The position, power, or province of a king. (noun)
• The domain ruled by a king; a kingdom. (noun)
• The period or tenure of a king; a reign. (noun)
• Used with his as a title for a king. (noun)
• A monarchy. (noun)

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• "Living outside the country for decades, returning only to receive the mantle of kingship from a desperate, rudderless party, he is seen by many as lacking in the visceral day-to-day sense of being a Canadian, working and living in this land."
• "And his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed."
• "Bahrwan, that Allah hath bestowed upon me the Kingdom of Kabul, and hath given me dominion over the Banu Shahlan and vouchsafed me a mighty empire; and if I marry thy daughter, we will be, I and thou, as one thing in kingship; and I will send thee every year as much treasure as will suffice thee."