Word: kingships
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Some thirty years ago, the widow Angeline Philippe looked hard at the small boy who stood beside her. She and her husband had named him Louis. By itself, Louis was perhaps the commonest name in all Paris, but Louis Philippe smacked of kingship. With such a name, a young Parisian should go far. It was unfortunate that she had scarcely enough money to clothe or feed...
...Caesar thrice offered emperor's wreath, no Macbeth thrice foredoomed to kingship ever proved so obdurate against election as has Dr. Horace Percy Silver, thrice designated bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church and thrice scornful of the honor. Dr. Silver is rector of the Church of the Incarnation, Manhattan. He is not to be confused with Jesse Forrest Silver, Free Methodist clergyman of Los Angeles, or with Abba Hillel Silver, Cleveland rabbi...
Before the Norman invasion, the Mayor was known as the Portreeve (porta, Latin for gate; reeve, Saxon for chief magistrate of town; of, shirereeve, contracted to sheriff). So strong was the City at this time that the Great Conqueror placed special value on securing its voluntary sanction to his kingship...
Those who know would hardly say that Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, was in any way a ruler endowed with remarkable gifts of kingship. Yet it remains an incontrovertible fact that he is a most amiable person and a sportsman of sterling qualities. As sovereign of Spain, he is undoubtedly in a most difficult position. His democratic leanings are well enough known. In principle, he agrees with the British conception of monarchy; but, unfortunately, Director Primo Rivera and his satellites are masters of the situation and, willy-nilly, the King must bow to the inevitable and accept for the time...
Britain stated recently through unofficial channels that she favored a monarchy in Greece. It was thought, therefore, that Premier Venizelos may seek to induce his Party (Liberal) to favor a continuance of Kingship as he did in 1910 under very much the same circumstances...