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(noun) - (1) A disease or swelling of cervical lymph nodes. Edward the Confessor, king of England reigned 1042-1066 . . . received power from above to cure many diseases, among others the kingsevil, a prerogative that continues.
--Thomas Blount's Glossographia, 1656
(2) Belief in the supernatural authority of monarchs is but a remnant of the long supposed "divine right" of kings to govern, which resulted from the conviction that they could trace their pedigrees back to the deities.
--Charles Hardwick's Traditions, Superstitions and Folklore, 1872
January 15, 2018