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(noun) - (1) The touch of the royal hand for kingsevil.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1901
(2) This belief in the supernatural authority of monarchs . . . resulted from the conviction that they could trace their pedigrees back to the deities themselves.
--Charles Hardwick's Traditions, Superstitions, and Folklore, 1872
January 14, 2018