Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: re-gal-i-ty
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: regalite, -, rēgālitās, rēgālis

Usage

Inflected Forms

regalities (plural)

Phrases

burgh of regality

Questions

What does regality mean?: Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
Where does regality come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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