overking
English
Etymology
From Middle English oferrking, over-king; equivalent to over- + king.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌkɪŋ/
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Noun
overking (plural overkings)
- A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes; a ruler of an overkingdom; a king that is truly superior or supreme.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People:
- the King of Connaught, who was recognized as overking of the island by the rest of the tribe […]
- 1996, Jack George Thompson, Women in Celtic Law and Culture, Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 39:
- Celtic law, however, explicitly specified that any member of a tribe, including overkings/overqueens of provinces and Druid high priests/priestesses, could be stripped of their legal rights if they failed to execute the legal obligations of their stations.
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References
- “overking”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “overking”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “overking” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “overking”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “overking”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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