regnal number

noun

An ordinal number that distinguishes a monarch from others of the same name.

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Meanings

nounregnal number (plural regnal numbers)

plural regnal numbers

  1. An ordinal number that distinguishes a monarch from others of the same name.

    Umberto I, who had fought at Solferino, had been christened with the name of the dynasty's founder, and changed his regnal number from IV to I.

    2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 429
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