The art of ruling as a king, especially with reference to the use of clever or crafty diplomacy in dealing with subjects.
〈古〉帝王治国之术
Example sentencesExamples
These contrivances that I declare unto thee are legitimate means of kingcraft. They are not reckoned as methods fraught with deceit.
As Part Two evinced, Paine was much more than a talented popularizer of advanced ideas, a megaphone for the enlightenment project against kingcraft, lordcraft and priestcraft.
Definition of kingcraft in US English:
kingcraft
nounˈkiNGˌkraftˈkɪŋˌkræft
archaic
The art of ruling as a king, especially with reference to the use of clever or crafty diplomacy in dealing with subjects.
〈古〉帝王治国之术
Example sentencesExamples
As Part Two evinced, Paine was much more than a talented popularizer of advanced ideas, a megaphone for the enlightenment project against kingcraft, lordcraft and priestcraft.
These contrivances that I declare unto thee are legitimate means of kingcraft. They are not reckoned as methods fraught with deceit.