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regius Definition

re·gius (rē′jəs, -jē əs)

adjective

designating certain professors (Regius professors) at British universities holding chairs founded by royal command

Etymology: ModL < L < rex, a king: see right

  • regive
regius Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • professor: David Ford, regius professor of theology at Cambridge, wrote about ' the polyphonic abundance of God ' .
  • chair: In 1936, Baird was appointed to the regius chair of midwifery at the University of Aberdeen.