Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Royalty; sovereignty; kingship.
- n. In Scotland, a territorial jurisdiction formerly conferred by the king. The lands over which this jurisdiction extended were said to be given in liberam regalitatem, and the persons receiving the right were termed lords of regality, and exercised the highest prerogatives of the crown.
- n. plural Things pertaining to sovereignty; insignia of kingship; regalia.
Wiktionary
- n. Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
- n. obsolete An ensign or badge of royalty.
Etymologies
- Late Latin regalitas, from Latin regalis regal, royal. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Indeed, she found the notion of regality hilarious.”
“regality," except of being what the time would have called King of the”
“regality" of his character: and though to approve of him as a man would only be the pretence of a cheap paradoxer, general opinion seems to have gone various lengths in the same direction.”
“Alternatively, rich colors like deep purples suggest sophistication or regality, while bright colors like fluorescent yellow or orange suggest youth and energy.”
“Jefferson was so offended by the excesses of the British Crown he did everything possible to prevent pomp and circumstance from infecting the new American republic, even forbidding seating arrangements at official functions for fear it had the air of regality.”
“During the Solemn Prayers, the acolytes lay on the floor, in the middle of the sanctuary, a violet carpet, and upon the lowest step itself, a violet cushion, symbol of the regality of Christ.”
“The 18th-century stone house revels in its regality, with old family portraits and period furniture.”
“In his presence, you feel as if he should be on a pulpit, and that anything he dons becomes something akin to the regality of a velvet cloak.”
“Mandelson himself attributes much of his public personality to his "showman" father, believing his brother had more in common with the "steely regality" of his mother, daughter of Labour's postwar deputy prime minister, Herbert Morrison.”
“The aesthetic regality here makes In the Middle look like a Dickensian waif.”
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