Definitions for Regicide
ˈrɛdʒ əˌsaɪdregi·cide

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. regicidenoun

   someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

2. regicidenoun

   the act of killing a king

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. regicidenoun

   The killing of a king.

2. regicidenoun

   One who kills a king.

3. Etymology: From regis, genitive singular of rex + -cida or -cidium, both from caedo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Regicidenoun

   Etymology: regicida, Lat.

   1. Murderer of his king.

   I through the mazes of the bloody field,
   Hunted your sacred life; which that I miss’d
   Was the propitious error of my fate,
   Not of my soul; my soul’s a regicide. Dryden.

   2. [ Regicidium, Lat.]Murder of his king.

   Were it not for this amulet, how were it possible for any to think they may venture upon perjury, sacrilege, murder, regicide, without impeachment to their saintship. D. of Piety.

   Did fate or we, when great Atrides dy’d,
   Urge the bold traitor to the regicide. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Regicidenoun

   one who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death

2. Regicidenoun

   the killing or the murder of a king

3. Etymology: [F. rgicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Regicide

   rej′i-sīd, n. the murderer of a king—applied esp. to the members of the High Court of Justice who sentenced Charles I. to death.—adj. Regicī′dal. [Fr.,—L. rex, regis, a king, cædĕre, to kill.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Regicide in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Regicide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Regicide
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Regicide
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Regicide
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Regicide
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Regicide
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Regicide