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Definition of Overkings
1. overking [n] - See also: overking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overkings
Literary usage of Overkings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testament by John Brown (1818)
"2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave
the nations before overkings? he | sword, and as him, and made him rule cave ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
"THE SOLITARY BELL TOWER, EVESHAM. greater successors who ruled as overkings in
England. gaze on the radiant vision of Mary. The date of the vision and ..."
3. A History of England for High Schools and Academies by Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (1899)
""They have given me five-and-twenty overkings," protested John, and he at once
turned to seek a way of evasion. Civil war followed. ..."
4. The Dawn of American History in Europe by William Lewis Nida (1912)
"They have given me five-and- twenty overkings," cried John in a burst of fury,
flinging himself on the floor and gnawing sticks and straw in his rage. ..."
5. One Irish Summer by William Eleroy Curtis (1909)
"... and, with two exceptions, all the overkings of Ireland, from the time that
Red O'Neill tossed his amputated hand upon the shore, to the accession of ..."
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