Kings

noun

plural in form but singular in construction
1
: either of two narrative and historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
2
: any of four narrative and historical books in the former Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament

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Soak City: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 6300 Kings Island Drive, Mason. Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025 Taking place in small and large cities in nearly every state, the events are designed to build on the momentum of other large-scale protests including No Kings Day in June and Good Trouble Lives On in July. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025 The pomegranate appears again in the decorations of the bronze capitals in 1 Kings 7:17–21. Moses de León, in his thirteenth-century cabalistic text Sefer Ha-Rimmon (The Book of the Pomegranate), characterizes the pomegranate as a sign of the Shekhinah, or the presence of God. Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025 Charlie's former girlfriend Katherine Magbanua, and the two men hired to kill Markel — Latin Kings gang leader Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia, the father of Magbanua's children — were also sentenced to prison in connection with the murder-for-hire plot. Kc Baker, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Kings

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Kings was in the 14th century

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Kings

noun
: either of two narrative and historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see bible
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