queen-consort

Example Sentences

• "When there is no Queen-conſort, the King nominates the maſter, brothers, &c. pro hac vice. But the Queen-dowager hath no power or juriſdiction when there is a Queen-conſort; all the attemps that have been made in ancient and modern times for this purpoſe have proved ineffectual, and the ſentences of the courts of law have unanimouſy confirmed the great and unlimited power of the Queens-conſorts of England over this ſmall eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction."
• "And seeing a queen-consort has no official capacity in which she can nurse the Church, they hold that the king also should nurse the church only in his individual and not in his official capacity."
• "It would be beyond the purpose of these Notices to enumerate all those who have been connected with Deddington, and have attained distinction, for several of those who have obtained a grant of the manor from time to time have their place in the history of England, some of them being of the royal family, or queens-consorts."
• "It is clear that women did rule in medieval Europe, as queens-regnant , queens-regent or unofficially through the hidden influence of the queen-consort."