regal

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a monarch; royal.
  2. adjective Belonging to or befitting a monarch: regal attire.
  3. adjective Magnificent; splendid.

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  • He was royal in all his tastes—his manner was regal, and so proud was his step that when he passed forbidden lines, sentinels and servants saluted and made way, never daring to ask him for card, passport or countersign. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
  • Leticia Oliveira was the opening-night Cleopatra: regal, aloof, technically brilliant, a woman totally in control and intent on surviving her intrigue-ridden court. —  Home
  • I thought It looks a bit like the Chinese regal, the front at least, with the grill shape and headlight shape (minus the drl or highbeam being seperated). —  Autoblog
  • Deering has also created a new inlay pattern for the Baucom model, which Greg describes as a regal design. —  The Bluegrass Blog
  • Her Miss East Anglias are regal, her glamour models demure; Russian matriarchs are proud as soldiers, Blackpool showgirls determined. —  Pretty Blogger
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rēgālis, from rēx, rēg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English regal, regall, from Old French regal, regal, royal (as a noun, a royal vestment), in vernacular form real, French réal (later English real) and royal (later English royal); =Provencal reial, rial =Spanish Portuguese real (later English real, a coin) =Italian regale, reale, from Latin regalis, royal, kingly, from rex (reg-), a king: see rex. Cf. real, real, royal, regale.
  2. Early modern English regall, regalle, also rigole, regole; from Old French regale, French régale, from Old Italian regale, a regal, Italian regale, a hand-organ (Spanish regalia, an organ-pipe), from regale, regal, royal, from Latin regalis, regal, royal: see regal.
 

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