regalia

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Canada, UK, US/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/Australia/ɹɪˈɡæɪ.li.ə/

noun

Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

nounregalia pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyRoyal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
  2. pluralplural onlyThe emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.
    1 more example

    THE INTHRONIZATION. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood about the steps of the Throne.

    1937 November 10, “Ceremonial of the Coronation of Their Majesties [King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, Westminster Abbey, London, 12 May 1937]”, in The London Gazette (Supplement), number 34453, page 7031 at 7056
  3. pluralplural onlyDecorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry.
  4. pluralplural onlyTraditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes.
  5. broadlypluralplural onlyFinery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume.

    to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up)

    1 more example

    […] the throngs included tribes of American Indians celebrating […] like victorious conventioneers in their burnished regalia at a hotel party Monday night.

    2009 January 21, Francis X. Clines, “In Washington on Inauguration Day”, in The New York Times
  6. broadlyobsoletepluralplural onlySumptuous food.

    c. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne After having a long time treated their Prisoners very well, and given them all the Regalia's they can think of, he to whom the Prisoner belongs, invites a great Assembly of his Kindred and Friends

    Synonyms: delicacies

nounregalia (plural regalias)

plural regalias

  1. archaicA kind of large cigar of superior quality.

    The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small.

    1850, United States. Congress, Congressional Edition: Volume 552, page 868
    1 more example

    I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars[…]

    1840, Isaac Butt, Irish Life, page 294

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSumptuous food.

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nounespecially fine or decorative clothing

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clothingarticle of clothingvesture
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Origin

  1. Medieval Latinrēgālia“royal powers”
  2. Middle Englishregalie
  3. Englishregalia

From Middle English regalie, from Medieval Latin rēgālia (“royal powers”), substantivisation of the neuter plural of rēgālis (“of a king”), from rēx (“king”). By surface analysis, regal + -ia.

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Translations

Bulgarian царски права
  • царски права (carski prava)royal rights, prerogatives and privileges
Chinese Mandarin 王權 /王权, 御物
  • 王權 /王权 (wángquán)royal rights, prerogatives and privileges
  • 御物 (yùwù)emblems, symbols or paraphernalia
  • 官章 (guānzhāng)decoration or insignia of an office
  • 徽章 (huīzhāng)decoration or insignia of an office
  • 禮服 /礼服 (lǐfú)finery
Finnish etuoikeudet, valtaoikeudet
  • etuoikeudetroyal rights, prerogatives and privileges
  • valtaoikeudetroyal rights, prerogatives and privileges
  • arvonmerkitemblems, symbols or paraphernalia
  • regaalitemblems, symbols or paraphernalia
  • tunnuksetdecoration or insignia of an office
  • loistofinery
French regalia
  • regaliaemblems, symbols or paraphernalia
German Hoheitsrechte, Regalien
  • Hoheitsrechteroyal rights, prerogatives and privileges
  • Regalienroyal rights, prerogatives and privileges
  • Insignienemblems, symbols or paraphernalia
  • Ornatdecoration or insignia of an office
Polish regalia, regalia
  • regaliaroyal rights, prerogatives and privileges
  • regaliaemblems, symbols or paraphernalia
Portuguese regalias
  • regaliasroyal rights, prerogatives and privileges
Russian рега́лии, рега́лии
  • рега́лии (regálii)emblems, symbols or paraphernalia
  • рега́лии (regálii)decoration or insignia of an office
Spanish regalía
  • regalíaroyal rights, prerogatives and privileges
Swedish regalier, regalier
  • regalieremblems, symbols or paraphernalia
  • regalierdecoration or insignia of an office

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APA

regalia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regalia

MLA

“regalia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regalia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regalia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regalia.

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