| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·gal |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r  g l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or relating to a monarch; royal. 2. Belonging to or befitting a monarch: regal attire. 3. Magnificent; splendid. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rg lis, from rx, rg-, king. See reg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·gali·ty (r -g l-t) —NOUN
regal·ly —ADVERB
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