1. 1王位、王權

    Kingship is the official position of being a king, and also the condition of living as one — the crown as a job and a state, not the land he rules. That land is a kingdom; kingship is the office and the whole business of being king. You meet the word in history and more than in everyday talk: 'during his kingship' means while he was king; 'the duties of kingship' means what a king is supposed to do. Though actually, writers also stretch it a little. They use kingship for royal power itself, or for the dignity that is supposed to sit on a king, not only the title on paper. It is a formal, slightly old-fashioned word. You would not use it of a class monitor, or of someone who merely acts .

組成king + -ship. -ship is the old ending for a state or office, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi / Proto-Germanic *-skapiz, tied to *skapjaną. So kingship is 'the state or office of a king'.

同家族的字

  • kingthe first half: the male monarch
  • kingdomsame king, but this is the land he rules, not the office
  • friendshipshares -ship, the ending for a state or condition
  • leadershipshares -ship: the state or office of a leader

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

kingshipnoun/ˈkɪŋʃɪp/

  • 1

    The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.

    • Near-synonym: kingdom
    • The traditional world knew divine kingship.
  • 2

    A monarchy.

  • 3

    The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.

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