royal

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In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a monarch.
  2. adjective Of the rank of a monarch.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or in the service of a kingdom.
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  • Morally, I believe, the Prince-Consort stands alone in English royal history. —  Queen Victoria, Her Girlhood And Womanhood
  • In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded. —  M E N O R A H
  • Every form of the guardianship to which for centuries the people had been accustomed was thus removed--royal, aristocratic, ecclesiastical, and judicial. —  The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.)
  • The fore-royal was then furled. —  The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa
  • He saluted and disappeared down the ladder leading to the exit port And that," said Roger, turning to his unit-mates, "is known as the royal come-on for a dirty detail Ahhh, stop your gassing, Manning," growled Astro. —  Danger in Deep Space
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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. Early modern English also roial (also dial. or technically rial, ryal); from Middle English roial, roiall, reyal, real, rial, ryal, ryall, rioll, from Old French roial, royal, real, French royal = Provencal reial, rial = Spanish Portuguese real = Italian regale, reale, from Latin regalis, regal, royal, kingly, from rex (reg-), a king: see roy, and cf. regal and real, doublets of royal.
 

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/ˈrɔɪəl/
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