Regnal vs Regal - What's the difference?
regnal | regal |
Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch (or pope)
Describing the year of a monarch's reign starting from the date of accession
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.
As adjectives the difference between regnal and regal
is that regnal is of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch (or pope while regal is of or having to do with royalty.As a noun regal is
a small, portable organ played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.regnal
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Adjective
(-)Derived terms
*regnal name *regnal number *regnal yearAnagrams
*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.}}