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Rex

A king.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Monarch 76% connected

A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.

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Sovereign 76% connected

Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.

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Royalty 70% connected

The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

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King 92% connected

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a…

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Accession noun · 78% connection

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

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Agist verb · 78% connection

To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the m…

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Agistment noun · 78% connection

Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.

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Agistor noun · 78% connection

Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called g…

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Ahriman noun · 78% connection

The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

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Aid verb · 78% connection

A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

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Allegiance noun · 78% connection

The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king,…

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Alphonsine adjective · 78% connection

Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).

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Antecedent noun · 78% connection

The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king m…

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Antonomasia noun · 78% connection

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…

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Approvement noun · 78% connection

a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidenc…

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Arise verb · 78% connection

To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present its…

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Augean adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed i…

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Avener noun · 78% connection

An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.

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Ban noun · 78% connection

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or su…

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Basilica noun · 78% connection

Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were he…

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Butlerage noun · 78% connection

A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butl…

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