kingcraft

noun

kingcraft

noun

Etymology From king + -craft.

1

Usually The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.

As he grew, he sat in the council of state, learning kingcraft, and showed there the hard-headed sense of fairness and justice that went with him through life.1921, Jacob A. Riis, Hero Tales of the Far North:

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