Regicide definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary REG'ICIDE, n. [L. rex ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king 2: the act of killing ... Etymology: L rex regis king + -CIDE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Regicide Reg"i*cide (r?j"?*s?d), n. [F. r ... murder of a king. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (regicides) 1. Regicide is the act of killing a king. He had become czar through regicide. 2. A regicide is a person who kills a king. Some of ...
regicidal definitions Merriam Webster's adjective see regicide Webster's 1913 Dictionary Regicidal Reg"i*ci`dal (r?j"?*s?`dal), a. Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide. --Bp. Warburton.
... tribute to Tiglath-pileser (compare 2Ki 15:19-21). 2. Regicide in Israel: Pekahiah came to the throne enveloped in the ... After Pekahiah's murder, the throne was seized by the regicide Pekah. W. Shaw Caldecott
... The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. --Burke. 2. Whatever ...