Regalia vs Regency - What's the difference?
regalia | regency | Related terms |
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)
A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
The time during which a regent is in power.
Regalia is a related term of regency.
As nouns the difference between regalia and regency
is that 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 while regency is a system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.regalia
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)- (Cotton)
Noun
(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.
