| royal | 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. "How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?" (Shak) 3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. Battle royal. See Battle. 3. <zoology> One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag. Synonym: Kingly, regal, monarchical, imperial, kinglike, princely, august, majestic, superb, splendid, illustrious, noble, magnanimous. Origin: OE. Roial, riall, real, OF. Roial. Reial, F. Royal, fr. L. Regalis, fr. Rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. Regal, real a coin, Rial. (11 Mar 1998) |
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| royal touch | A touching of a patient by the king, which was thought to be curative; usually applied to patients with scrofula, but also done with patients with enlarged lymph glands (buboes) of plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| royalisin | <protein> Insect defensin found in honeybee royal jelly. (18 Nov 1997) |
| royalty | 1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. "Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty." (Holyday) 2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty. "For thus his royalty doth speak." (Shak) 3. An emblem of royalty; usually in the plural, meaning regalia. "Wherefore do I assume These royalties, and not refuse to reign?" (Milton) 4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority. "In his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd." (Shak) 5. Domain; province; sphere. 6. That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality. 7. A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property. 8. Hence, a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it. Origin: OF. Roialte, royaulte, F. Royaute. See Royal, and cf. Regality. (11 Mar 1998) |