adjective
- relating to or involving the killing of a king
Usage: formal; historical
Examples
- The regicidal plot was discovered before it could be carried out.
- His regicidal thoughts were considered treasonous by the court.
- The revolutionaries harbored regicidal intentions against the monarchy.
- The novel explored the regicidal themes of political upheaval.
- Ancient texts warned against regicidal conspiracies.
- The regicidal act shocked the entire kingdom.