Regal Definition

rēgəl
adjective
Of a monarch; royal.
Webster's New World
Belonging to or befitting a monarch.
Regal attire.
American Heritage
Characteristic of, like, or fit for a monarch; splendid, stately, magnificent, etc.
Webster's New World

Of or having to do with royalty.

Regal authority; the regal title.
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noun

(obsolete, music) A small, portable organ played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Other Word Forms of Regal

Noun

Singular:
regal
Plural:
regals

Origin of Regal

  • From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal"), from Latin regalis (“royal, kingly"), from Latin rex (“king"); also regere (“to rule").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin rēgālis from rēx rēg- king reg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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