Richard unkings himself, handing the crown to Bolingbroke; he breaks a mirror as sign of his loss of identity.
Charles I was beheaded by Parliament on January 30, 1649, but he was unkinged by his own actions long before that.
For said Finwë, While the ban lasts upon Fëanor my son, that he may not go to Tuna, I hold myself unkinged, and will not meet my people, nor those that rule in my stead.
Not the people; because royalists say, they neither can give nor take away royal dignity, and so they cannot unking him.
The king is always presumed to be present in his courts, holding out the law to his subjects; and when he shuts his courts, he unkings himself in the most essential point.
Definition of unking in US English:
unking
verbˌənˈkiNG
[with object]archaic
Remove (a monarch) from power.
〈古〉废黜，使失去王位
Example sentencesExamples
Not the people; because royalists say, they neither can give nor take away royal dignity, and so they cannot unking him.
Richard unkings himself, handing the crown to Bolingbroke; he breaks a mirror as sign of his loss of identity.
The king is always presumed to be present in his courts, holding out the law to his subjects; and when he shuts his courts, he unkings himself in the most essential point.
Charles I was beheaded by Parliament on January 30, 1649, but he was unkinged by his own actions long before that.
For said Finwë, While the ban lasts upon Fëanor my son, that he may not go to Tuna, I hold myself unkinged, and will not meet my people, nor those that rule in my stead.