KING, KINGLY
ADJECTIVES
1652 ► BASILICAL kingly, royal, regal
1728 ► BASILIC kingly, royal, sovereign → obs.
NOUNS
16C.. ► REGICIDE the killing of a king
1872 ► BASILEIOLATRY. king-worship
NOUNS, PERSON
1000 ► HIGH KING a great king, a supreme king → obs.
16C.. ► REGICIDE a person who kills a king
E17.. ► ROITELET a petty or minor king → arch.
1610 ► WHIP-KING one who drives or controls kings, as one does horses with a whip’ a ‘king-maker’ → obs.
1761 ► HIGH KING a king to whom other rulers owe allegiance
1881 ► ARDRI a head king → Anglo-Irish
1938 ► BEGGAR-KING a king of beggars
1992 ► GOLD RING a king → UK rhyming sl.
2004 ► HIGHLAND FLING a king → Brit. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
Lexicophilia 