Bathsheba
In the Bible, the beautiful wife of Uriah the Hittite, seen bathing by David; desiring her, the king arranged for Uriah's death in battle, and married the widow. Bathsheba subsequently became the ...
Commonwealth
The term ‘Imperial Commonwealth’ was first used formally during the First World War to refer collectively to Britain and the self-governing dominions of the British Empire. After the war, Canada ...
Crown
N.The office (a corporation sole) in which supreme power in the UK is legally vested. The person filling it at any given time is referred to as the sovereign (a king or queen: see also Queen). The ...
Hatshepsut
[Na]A queen of Egypt who reigned as a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty between c.1479 bc and 1457 bc after the death of her husband.
Head of the Commonwealth
The title adopted in the London Declaration of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 1949, and vested in the person of the Queen of the United Kingdom. The title ...
Jezebel
Wife of King Ahab of Israel and a worshipper of Baal (1 Kgs. 18: 19). She was a princess of Tyre and overruled Israelite law and customs in the interests of the royal estates by ruthlessly ...
justices of the Peace
(JP)A person holding a commission from the Crown to exercise certain judicial functions for a particular commission area. JPs are appointed on behalf of and in the name of the Queen by the Lord ...
Kingdom of Judah
The Tribe of Judah. The tribe of Judah, which occupied the hill country between the vicinity of Jerusalem and Hebron (Map 3:x5), plays a minor role in the biblical narratives ...
kingship
As a construct, a topic extensively treated in a number of Hindu texts, especially in relation to dharma. According to Dharmaśāstra, the king, as the conduit for divine power, should be regarded as ...
Queen's Speech
A speech prepared by the government and read by the Queen to Parliament (assembled in the House of Lords) at the beginning of a parliamentary session. It outlines the government's principal ...
regent
N.A person exercising all the royal functions while the sovereign is under 18 or totally incapacitated. Under the Regency Acts 1937 and 1953, the regent is the person next in line to the throne who ...
Regina
The reigning queen (used following a name or in the titles of lawsuits, e.g. Regina v. Jones, the Crown versus Jones).Regina Coeli a Latin epithet (‘Queen of Heaven’) of the Virgin Mary.
Royal Family
Among ordinary mortals in ancient Egypt, the basic family pattern was not very different from our concept of the nuclear family. Among royalty, however, although the king was seen to ...
women
The Buddha's attitude towards women was not radically different from that of his contemporaries. For male renunciates pursuing the religious life, women were seen as a temptation and a snare. The ...
