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Middle English
- cunnriche, kinereiche, kineric, kinneriche, kinriche, kuneriche, kynereche, kyneriche, kynriche, kynryche
- cyne rice, kinerice, kuneriche, kynerice (Early Middle English)
- kinric, kinrik, kunerike (Northern)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cynerīċe (“a kingdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunirīkī; equivalent to kine- + -riche and cognate with Old High German chuneriche, Middle Dutch conrike. See also kingriche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkin(ə)rit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)rik(ə)/
- (unreduced) IPA(key): /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkin(ə)ˌriːk(ə)/
Noun
kineriche (plural kineriches or (early) kinerichen)
- The realm of a king; a kingdom.
- Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche
- Royal authority or dominion.
- Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche (rare)
- The people of a (divine) kingdom.
- Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom
- (figurative) The Kingdom of God; the divine kingdom.
- Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom, kingriche (rare)
- (figurative) Divine authority or power.
- Synonyms: kinedom, kingdom
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