Regal vs Regalia - What's the difference?
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Of or having to do with royalty.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
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, title= (obsolete, musici) A small, portable organ played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
royal rights, prerogatives and privileges - actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etcetera)
the emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre, sword of justice
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decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry
finery or magnificent dress
(obsolete) Sumptuous food; delicacies.
(archaic) A kind of large cigar of superior quality.
* 1840 , Isaac Butt, Irish Life (page 294)
* 1850 , United States. Congress, Congressional Edition: Volume 552 (page 868)
Regal is a related term of regalia.
As nouns the difference between regal and regalia
is that regal is (obsolete|musici) a small, portable organ played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries while regalia is royal rights, prerogatives and privileges - actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etcetera) or regalia can be (archaic) a kind of large cigar of superior quality.As a adjective regal
is of or having to do with royalty.regal
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Alternative forms
* regall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He made a scorn of his regal oath.
Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
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(en noun)See also
* kingly * royal * splendid * statelyAnagrams
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(en-plural noun)- (Cotton)
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(en noun)- I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars
- The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small.
