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Meaning of "regicidal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REGICIDAL

regicidal  [ˌrɛdʒɪˈsaɪdəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REGICIDAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Regicidal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REGICIDAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

regicidal

Regicide

The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a monarch. In a narrower sense, in the British tradition, it refers to the judicial execution of a king after a trial. More broadly, it can also refer to the killing of an emperor or any other reigning sovereign.

Definition of regicidal in the English dictionary

The definition of regicidal in the dictionary is of or relating to the killing of a king.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REGICIDAL


acaricidal
əˌkærɪˈsaɪdəl
apsidal
æpˈsaɪdəl
bactericidal
bækˌtɪərɪˈsaɪdəl
biocidal
ˌbaɪəʊˈsaɪdəl
fratricidal
ˌfrætrɪˈsaɪdəl
fungicidal
ˌfʌndʒɪˈsaɪdəl
genocidal
ˌdʒenəˈsaɪdəl
germicidal
ˌdʒɜːmɪˈsaɪdəl
herbicidal
ˌhɜːbɪˈsaɪdəl
homicidal
ˌhɒmɪˈsaɪdəl
insecticidal
ɪnˌsektɪˈsaɪdəl
larvicidal
ˌlɑːvɪˈsaɪdəl
pesticidal
ˌpɛstɪˈsaɪdəl
seidel
ˈsaɪdəl
sidle
ˈsaɪdəl
spermicidal
ˌspɜːmɪˈsaɪdəl
suicidal
ˌsuːɪˈsaɪdəl
trypanocidal
ˌtrɪpənəˈsaɪdəl
tyrannicidal
tɪˌrænɪˈsaɪdəl
virucidal
ˌvaɪrəˈsaɪdəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REGICIDAL

regicide
regie
regild
regime
regime change
regimen
regiment
regimental
regimental band
regimental sergeant major
regimentally
regimentals
regimentation
regimented
regiminal
Regin
Regina
reginal

WORDS THAT END LIKE REGICIDAL

algicidal
bridal
deicidal
ecocidal
feticidal
filicidal
infanticidal
loculicidal
matricidal
molluscicidal
nematicidal
nematocidal
parasiticidal
parricidal
patricidal
prolicidal
sororicidal
spermatocidal
sporicidal
uxoricidal
viricidal

Synonyms and antonyms of regicidal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «regicidal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REGICIDAL

Find out the translation of regicidal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of regicidal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «regicidal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

regicidal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

regicida
570 millions of speakers

English

regicidal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

regicidal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

regicidal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

regicidal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

regicida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রেজিও নেল´আমিলিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

régicide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reggio nell´Emilia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

regicidal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

regicidal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

regicidal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reggio nell´Emilia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

regicidal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரெஜியோ நெல்லெமிலியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेजियो निकेमिलिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Reggio Nell´Emilia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

regicidal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

regicidal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

regicidal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

regicidal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

regicidal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

regicidal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

regicidal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

regicidal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of regicidal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REGICIDAL»

The term «regicidal» is used very little and occupies the 166.188 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REGICIDAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «regicidal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «regicidal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about regicidal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REGICIDAL»

Discover the use of regicidal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to regicidal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reports from Commissioners
I will make one further allusion, as an example of the non- deterrent influence of Capital Punishment, namely, to the peculiar failure of Capital Punishment in the repression of regicidal crime, and in the case of regicidal crime it has been found  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1866
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Report of the Capital Punishment Commission: Together with ...
It appears that during many years at the commencement of the reign of Louis, Philippe, in France there was a regicidal mania. In the early par_t of that reign there was the usual course taken of trial and execution»; but after that _cou_rse was ...
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into Capital Punishment, 1866
3
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
'Crowned things,' or kings, are warned that: Pharaoh's doom Shall cool those chariot wheels now hot with blood, And Blessed be the hand that dares to wave The Regicidal Steel that shall redeem A Nation's sorrow with a Tyrant's blood.
‎1868
4
Fraser's Magazine
Crowned things,' or kings, are warned that : Pharaoh's doom Shall cool those chariot wheels now hot with blood, And Blessed be the hand that dares to wave The Regicidal Steel that shall redeem A Nation's sorrow with a Tyrant's blood.
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1868
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Fraser's Magazine
Crowned things,' or kings, aro warned that : Pharaoh's doom Shall cool those chariot whoels now hot with blood, A nd Blessed be the hand that dares to wave The Regicidal Steel that shall redeem A Nation's sorrow with a Tyrant's blood.
‎1868
6
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, COTTAGE GARDENER
REGICIDAL ATTACKS BY BEES. I am glad to see that Mr. Lowe has returned to this subject, and, in the hope of assisting in the investigation of what still appears to me a most extraordinary and very unsatisfactory chapter in the natural history ...
‎1866
7
Report ... Together with Minutes of Evidence and Appendix
I will make one further allusion, as an example of the non-deterrent influence of Capital Punishment, namely, to the peculiar failure of Capital Punishment in the repression of regicidal crime ; and in the case of regicidal crime it has been found  ...
New South Wales. Capital Punishment Commission, 1868
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Report of the Capital Punishment Commission: Together with ...
I will make one further allusion, as an example of the non- deterrent influence of Capital Punishment, namely, to the peculiar failure of Capital Punishment in the repression of regicidal crime, and in the case of regicidal crime it has been found  ...
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Capital Punishment, 1866
9
Republican Learning: John Toland and the Crisis of Christian ...
Like Ward and his contemporaries, the general assumption that republicanism was by definition regicidal has penetrated deep into the seams of modern historiography. As Worden has established in the case of the works of the regicide ...
Justin Champion, 2003
10
Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening
These clusters are termed *' regicidal knots," and certainly they are formed by little •avage regicides, every one being bent on destroying the queens. But they do not use their stings in this work ; if they did the •qneen3 would be killed in a few ...
‎1884

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REGICIDAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term regicidal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cameron should delay EU referendum
British politics has become a secular regicidal cult. The two commanding prime ministers of our age were culled by their own parties: neither Margaret Thatcher ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
2
9 'Game of Thrones' Theories From The Book Forum That Are So …
Plus, when you think about how difficult Joffrey was becoming to control, and the fact that Tywin's not exactly a stranger to regicidal plotting, it almost seems ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
3
Could Labour still make it easier to remove its leader?
Such an innovation would have acted as an automatic check to Labour's sentimental tendency to stand loyally by failing leaders (in contrast to the regicidal ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
4
Julius Caesar
Dante Alighieri thought of Cassius as one of the truly evil people in history, and resigned the regicidal Roman senator to be chewed by one of the three mouths ... «EDGE Boston, May 15»
5
That was the election week that was: Friday 24 April
... before staging a photocall with Cameron two days later (his own regicidal instincts being temporarily on hold). Major said a Labour-SNP deal would ultimately ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Game of Thrones and the art of rhetorical gift-giving
What did the leader of the Spanish party Podemos mean by giving a box set of George RR Martin's regicidal series to the king of Spain? And which other books ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
7
BBC fails to serve king and country, blasts CAMILLA TOMINEY
But still it fails to recognise the pulling power of the Royal Family, be they Plantagenet kings with regicidal tendencies or our current crop of assorted Windsors. «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
8
Soulstice Theatre stages a ladies' 'Macbeth'
It's a change that alters the nature of the play, without changing a word of Shakespeare's regicidal text. “Our Lady Macbeth (Alicia Rice) has chosen to present ... «Wisconsin Gazette, Jan 15»
9
Inside the Wild Party That is Scottish Hogmanay
... reign of regicidal dictator Oliver Cromwell. This secular celebration allowed Scots to celebrate the midwinter without incurring the wrath of their government. «Breitbart News, Jan 15»
10
7 Classic Literary Witches to Scare You for Halloween
Why they're classics: MacBeth is a battle-hardened, regicidal social climber with a wife who makes Amy Elliot Dunne look like Doris Day, but it's these three ... «Bustle, Oct 14»

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