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[syn: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Regal \Re"gal\, n. [F. r['e]gale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.]
(Mus.)
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Regal \Re"gal\ (r?"gal), a. [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king.
See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.]
Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal
authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." --Shak.
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He made a scorn of his regal oath. --Milton.
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Syn: Kingly; royal. See Kingly.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
regal
adj 1: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of
imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire";
"treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a
stag's head" [syn: imperial, majestic, purple,
regal, royal]