Definition of Regicides

1. Noun. (plural of regicide) ¹

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Definition of Regicides

1. regicide [n] - See also: regicide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regicides

regexes
regexp
reggae
reggaes
reggaeton
reggaetonero
reggaetoneros
reggeaton
reggo
reggos
regian
regians
regible
regicidal
regicide
regicides (current term)
regidor
regidores
regidors
regie
regies
regift
regifted
regifting
regifts
regild
regilded
regilding
regilds
regilt

Literary usage of Regicides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1868)
"LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE regicides. [It has been thought best to ... She refers, in her letters, to the regicides, to whom, and to several poor ..."

2. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1892)
"The trial of the regicides was not to be delayed till the angry loyalty of the time might have opportunity to grow cool and merciful. ..."

3. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1876)
"This wholesome change was tacitly adopted afterwards, and the regicides had so much benefit as was to be derived from it. There are indictments upon record ..."

4. The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution: The Treatise of J. L. de by Jean Louis de Lolme, Archibald John Stephens (1838)
"Punishment of the regicides. The political parties still regarded each other with suspicion, reports of treasonable conspiracies were circulated against the ..."

5. Abridged History of the United States .. by Emma Willard (1852)
"THE regicides, a term, which in English and American history, refers especially to those men, who signed the death warrant of Charles I., were, ..."

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