Definition of Sun king

1. Noun. King of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715).

Exact synonyms: Louis The Great, Louis Xiv
Generic synonyms: King Of France

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sun King

Sumerological
Sumerologist
Sumerologists
Sumerology
Sumitra
Summer
Summer Finding
Summer Triangle
Summer of Love
Summerland
Summers
Sumner
Sumy
Sun
Sun.
Sun King
Sun Myung Moon
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yixian
Sun of Justice
Sunamganj District
Sunbelt
Sunbittern
Sunbitterns
Sunda
Sunda Islands
Sunda Strait
Sunda pangolin
Sunda pangolins
Sundacarpus

Literary usage of Sun king

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

1. A History of France from the Earliest Times to the Treaty of Versailles by William Stearns Davis (1919)
"CHAPTER IX LOUIS XIV, TIIE sun king — HIS WORK IN FRANCE WE come now to the most important reign in French annals save possibly that of Philip Augustus. ..."

2. The Story of French Paintingby Charles Henry Caffin by Charles Henry Caffin (1911)
"... and under her influence turned devote and came under the control of the Jesuits, that the splendor of The sun king began to decline. ..."

3. Paris Past & Present by Henry Haynie (1902)
"In painting, in mosaics, in stone, in marble, in bronze, in literature, even in the pulpit, it was, under all aspects and in every form, the “sun king” who ..."

4. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"... Knight of the Sun, king Oberon should not save him, Nor his queen Mab, Enter Slit AMBROSE .... sun king ..."

5. The Gordon Readers by Emma K. Gordon (1910)
"concealed terrified ferryman prosperity THE THREE GOLDEN HAIRS OF THE SUN-KING A king once went hunting and was lost in the forest. ..."

6. Gypsy Folk-tales by Francis Hindes Groome (1899)
"'To the Sun-King,' said Nameless. ' Couldn't be better. ... The spring has vanished, and only the Sun-King knows where it is gone to. ..."

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