Meanings of king's evil in English

He had lately been touched by the deceased King Charles for the king's evil.

May the king's evil fate be averted by my death!

In old times the King cured the king's evil by the touch of the royal hand.

He was the first of our princes that attempted to cure the king's evil by touching.

Johnson derived from his parents, or from an unwholesome nurse, the distemper called the king's evil.

Johnson, as a youth, was ulcerated and tortured by the king's evil, in spite of the Royal touch.

He was the first to let people touch him on Tuesdays and Fridays for scrofula, or " king's evil."

It was thought that by merely rubbing the dead hand on the body, the patient afflicted with the king's evil would be instantly cured.

There is no longer a hand with virtue enough to cure the king's evil, no ampulla with holy power sufficient to render kings inviolable.

Money and wealth would be granted plenteously, if gold were needed, for great as was the king's evil, so large would be his delight.

When Princess Diana touched people, she was tapping one of the most ancient rituals of royal magic: thaumaturgy, or touching for the king's evil.

Curing the " king's evil" was one of the oldest attributes of royalty, and it could not be imagined that it would descend to an impostor.

He had "Webster's Unabridged" on the brain,-anexasperating form of king'sevil.

There is no disease in Christendom that may so properly be called the King's evil.

The Royal cure of the King's Evil, or Scrofula.

Johnson's face was scarred by the King's Evil, which even the touch of Queen Anne had failed to cure.