kingliness

noun

Definition of kinglinessnext
as in majesty
a dignified bearing or appearance befitting someone of royal status from an early age he had that special something, an aura of kingliness that foretold his future rise to the country's presidency

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  1. majesty
  2. nobility
  3. dignity
Noun
  • People have been tippling there for more than four hundred years, and the wine list has the heft—and the persuasive majesty—of a Gutenberg Bible.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Rush visits the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica and tests her writing skills by attempting to describe it in all its majesty.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of majesty
Noun
  • There were seven Crusades, which cut down the flower of Europe’s nobility and annihilated innumerable poor serfs for a period of more than 150 years until 1270.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Collection There’s a nobility that usually comes with characters who overcome disabilities, to say nothing of the actors who play them, but one of the dark pleasures of Matchstick Men is that triumph over adversity means being the most effective criminal possible.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of nobility
Noun
  • Yamani, carrying on Mansour’s themes of displacement and dignity, paired a younger man with a suitcase.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Franklin says her purpose has always been to center herself and others with dignity.
    Essence, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of dignity
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“Kingliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kingliness. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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