King James Bible Dictionary

ROY'AL, adjective [Latin regalis, from rex, king. See Reck and Right.]

1. Kingly; pertaining to a king; regal; as royal power or prerogative; a royal garden; royal domains; the royal family.

2. Becoming a king; magnificent; as royal state.

3. Noble; illustrious.

How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?

ROY'AL, noun

1. A large kind of paper. It is used as a noun or an adjective.

2. Among seamen, a small sail spread immediately above the top-gallant-sail; sometimes termed the top-gallant-royal.

3. One of the shoots of a stag's head.

4. In artillery, a small mortar.

5. In England, one of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot, called the royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe.

ROY'ALISM, noun Attachment to the principles or cause of royalty, or to a royal government.

ROY'ALIST, noun An adherent to a king, or one attached to a kingly government.

Where Candish fought, the royalist prevail'd.

ROY'ALIZE, verb transitive To make royal.

ROY'ALLY, adverb In a kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king.

His body shall be royally interr'd.

ROY'ALTY, noun

1. Kingship; the character, state or office of a king.

Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty.

2. Royalties, plural emblems of royalty; regalia.

3. Rights of a king; prerogatives.