regal

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: re=gal

CIDE DICTIONARY

regal, a. [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.].

 Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
"He made a scorn of his regal oath."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Kingly; royal. See Kingly.

regal, n. [F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.].

 A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

regal, adj.
1 royal; of or by a monarch or monarchs.
2 fit for a monarch; magnificent.

Derivative

regally adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF regal or L regalis f. rex regis king

THESAURUS

regal

advantageous, aristocratic, august, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, cogent, commendable, contemptuous, contumelious, courtly, derisive, derisory, dignified, disdainful, dynastic, elegant, estimable, exalted, excellent, expedient, fair, famous, favorable, fine, glorious, good, goodly, grand, grave, haughty, healthy, helpful, imperatorial, imperatorious, imperial, imperious, imposing, kind, kinglike, kingly, laudable, lordly, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monarchical, nice, noble, palatial, pleasant, pompous, princelike, princely, profitable, proud, purple, queenlike, queenly, resplendent, royal, scornful, sedate, skillful, sober, solemn, sound, sovereign, splendid, stately, statuesque, sublime, useful, valid, venerable, very good, virtuous, worthy

ROGET THESAURUS

regal

Government

N government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority, authority, master, direction, national government, nation, state, country, nation- state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic, kingdom, principality, state government, state, shire, province, county, canton, territory, duchy, archduchy, archdukedom, woiwodshaft, commonwealth, region, property, county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune, wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, ward, precinct, bailiwick, command, empire, sway, rule, dominion, domination, sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty, lordship, headship, chiefdom, seigniory, seigniority, rule, sway, command, control, administer, govern, lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne, sway the scepter, wield the scepter, wear the crown, state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus, judicature, cabinet, seat of government, seat of authority, headquarters, accession, installation, politics, reign, regime, dynasty, directorship, dictatorship, protectorate, protectorship, caliphate, pashalic, electorate, presidency, presidentship, administration, proconsul, consulship, prefecture, seneschalship, magistrature, magistracy, monarchy, kinghood, kingship, royalty, regality, aristarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy, commonwealth, dominion, heteronomy, republic, republicanism, socialism, collectivism, mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy, vox populi, imperium in imperio, bureaucracy, beadledom, bumbledom, stratocracy, military power, military government, junta, feodality, feudal system, feudalism, thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy, duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy, duumvirate, triumvirate, autocracy, autonomy, limited monarchy, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, home rule, representative government, monocracy, pantisocracy, gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy, petticoat government, legislature, judiciary, administration, office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet, senate, house of representatives, parliament, council, courts, supreme court, state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Postal Service, Post Office, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister, senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house, department head, section head, section chief, federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice, treasurer, secretary of the treasury, director of the FBI, governor, state cabinet member, state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman, regal, sovereign, governing, royal, royalist, monarchical, kingly, imperial, imperiatorial, princely, feudal, aristocratic, autocratic, oligarchic, republican, dynastic, ruling, regnant, gubernatorial, imperious, authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute, hegemonic, hegemonical, authorized, government, public, national, federal, his majesty's, her majesty's, state, county, city, N, a dog's obeyed in office, cada uno tiene su alguazil, le Roi le veut, regibus esse manus en nescio longas, regnant populi, the demigod Authority, the right divine of kings to govern wrong, uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.