Hypertext Webster Gateway: "regal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Regal \Re"gal\, n. [F. r['e]gale, It. regale. CF. {Rigoll}.]
(Mus.)
A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows
being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Regal \Re"gal\ (r?"gal), 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. ``The regal title.'' --Shak.
He made a scorn of his regal oath. --Milton.
Syn: Kingly; royal. See {Kingly}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
regal
adj : belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of
imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire";
"treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a
stag's head" [syn: {imperial}, {majestic}, {purple}, {royal}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.