| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | reg·nal |
| PRONUNCIATION: | r g n l |
| ADJECTIVE: | Being a specified year of a monarch's reign calculated from the date of accession: in her 12th regnal year. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin r gn lis, royal, from Latin r gnum, reign. See reign.
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