kingship
Crown's authority, formally
Kingship is the state or position of being a king, or the qualities associated with ruling as one.
It encompasses both the office itself and the manner of exercising royal authority: The responsibilities of kingship weighed heavily on him.
Kingship can also refer to a king's reign or domain: His kingship lasted forty years.
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- orbLuminous celestial body
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- diademJeweled band of royalty
coronation · anointing · regalia · ermine · mantle · circlet · tiara · jewels
Monarch's official residence
- courtierRoyal household attendant
- throne roomSovereign's formal audience hall
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
chamberlain · chancellor · advisor · retinue · attendant · herald · jester · minstrel
Following in order
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heirOne who receives legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
heritage · hereditary · house · descendants · genealogy · royal family · primogeniture · scion
Sovereign's time in power
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
royal assent · proclamation · monarch · sovereign · majesty · royal command · stewardship · benevolence
Authority to rule
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- powerEnergy transfer rate
supremacy · autonomy · jurisdiction · command · governance · territory · domain · suzerainty
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- orbLuminous celestial body
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
diadem · coronation · anointing · regalia · ermine · mantle · circlet · tiara · jewels · robes
palace
Monarch's official residence
- courtierRoyal household attendant
- throne roomSovereign's formal audience hall
- nobilityTitled ruling class
vassal · chamberlain · chancellor · advisor · retinue · attendant · herald · jester · minstrel · lady-in-waiting
succession
Following in order
ancestry · heritage · hereditary · house · descendants · genealogy · royal family · primogeniture · scion · patriarch
reign
Sovereign's time in power
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- governanceHow authority is exercised
administration · royal assent · proclamation · monarch · sovereign · majesty · royal command · stewardship · benevolence · tyranny
dominion
Authority to rule
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
power · supremacy · autonomy · jurisdiction · command · governance · territory · domain · suzerainty · hegemony
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- governmentsdemocracy, monarchy, autocracy, oligarchy, republic
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- Medieval Europequeens, knights, castles, castle, fortress
- royaltyqueen, prince, princess, queens, princes
- dominancedominance, dominant, supremacy, superiority, ascendancy
kingshipdemocracy
Rule by the people
republic · republicanism · constitutional democracy · popular sovereignty · self-governance
kingshipserfdom
Feudal bound labor
subjection · servitude · peasantry · subordination · vassalage