regalia
/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
noun
The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.
noun
Decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry.
noun
Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up)"
- "[…] the throngs included tribes of American Indians celebrating […] like victorious conventioneers in their burnished regalia at a hotel party Monday night."
- "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"
- "I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars[…]"
- "The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₃reǵ-, regalie, rēgālia
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/
- British English: /ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/