regality

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noun

Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.

OriginMiddle English regalite ← Late Latin rēgālitās ← Latin rēgālis →
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Meanings

nounregality (countable and uncountable, plural regalities)

plural regalities

  1. countableuncountableRoyalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.

    Whereas the accentuated linearism, the angular stylization of the folds, the rhythmical course of the outlining and the solemn frontality conjoined with an air of regality in the pose seem to recall the formal repertory of the Corbolinus Master and his group […]

    1993, Miklós Boskovits, The Origins of Florentine Painting, 1100-1270, volume 1, page 33

Origin

  1. Latinrēgālis“regal, royal”
  2. Late Latinrēgālitās
  3. Middle Englishregalite
  4. Englishregality

From Middle English regalite, from Old French, from Late Latin rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis (“regal, royal”), equivalent to regal + -ity. Doublet of royalty.

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Translations

Spanish regalía
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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