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kingcraft

[ king-kraft, -krahft ]

noun

  1. the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.


kingcraft

/ ˈ°ìɪŋˌ°ì°ùÉ‘Ë´Ú³Ù /

noun

  1. archaic.
    the art of ruling as a king, esp by diplomacy and cunning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kingcraft1

First recorded in 1635–45; king + craft
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"The end and purpose of all kingcraft," said Beowulf.

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And as we see in the deposed monarch how the dignity of kingcraft clings to him, how through all he does and says there runs a vein of royal graciousness as from one the fount of honor, so it is with beauty.

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The Neapolitan lawyer firmly believed that they had been so used; and he became inspired with the idea that to take these instruments, first to London and then to the United States, and exhibit them, and lecture on them, would arouse such a tempest of righteous indignation among all peoples, free or enslaved, as must sweep kingcraft and priestcraft off the earth.

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Kingcraft and priestcraft have always been in close alliance.

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The religious instinct has been perverted, turned into wrong channels, made subservient to priestcraft and kingcraft, but its basic principle remains for ever firm.

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