royal favor
King's good graces
Royal favor is the goodwill, approval, or preferential treatment granted by a monarch.
Historically, those who enjoyed royal favor received titles, land, positions at court, or other privileges: He rose to power through royal favor.
To fall out of royal favor meant losing access, influence, and sometimes one's head.
The phrase appears in historical contexts and fantasy settings where kings and queens still reign.
- good gracesFavorable standing with someone
- medalMetal honor token
- land grantGovernment-given real estate
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- court appointmentSelection for judiciary
audience · pension · insignia · knighthood · peerage · noble title · accolade · largesse · sinecure · title · preferment · charter · subsidy · encomium · stipend · bounty · appointment · coat of arms
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- court intrigueintrigue, plots, schemes, plotting, conspiracy
- joustingjoust, jousting, lance, tilt, tilting
- royal patronagehonors list, privy council
- royal powersruling, sovereign rights, divine right, decrees, edicts
- generositygiving, benevolence, donations, magnanimity, gifts
royal favorattainder
Legal status extinction
disgrace · banishment · exile · impeachment · falling from grace
royal favordisgrace
Loss of honor
ignominy · dishonor · degradation · obscurity · infamy
royal favorabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
neglect · persecution · ruin · downfall · penury
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