Classic vs Royalty - What's the difference?
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Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
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* (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
Exemplary of a particular style.
Exhibiting timeless quality.
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, title= Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
* (Felicia Hemans) (1804-1864)
(euphemistic) Traditional; original.
A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
An artistic work of lasting worth
The author of such a work.
* Macaulay
A major, long-standing sporting event
(dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.
The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right
The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights on his property.
(by extension) payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
(poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
As nouns the difference between classic and royalty
is that classic is a perfect and/or early example of a particular style while royalty is the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.As an adjective classic
is of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.classic
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Alternative forms
* classick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
- Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.
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Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}
- Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.
Synonyms
* classicalNoun
(en noun)- Raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic .
See also
* classical * classicsExternal links
* * * *royalty
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Noun
(royalties)References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----