king of kinges

Middle English

Alternative forms

king of kingus, kyng of kynges, kyng of kyngges

Noun

king of kinges (plural kinges of kinges)

a king who has other kings as subjects, a king of kings, an emperor (in quotations, applied to Artaxerxes, Nebuchadnezzar, and Vespasian)

References

“king (n.)”, sense 1a.(b) in the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001)

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