Regal

Quick meaning: Regal is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.

More Meanings

1. Befitting a monarch.
2. (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
3. (music) An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.

Example Sentences

regal authority

the regal title

He made a scorn of his regal oath.

Terrific movement from The Queen here. Gets behind the defender, goes one way then cuts back inside. Regal attacking play.

Word Forms

• regall
• regals

Synonyms for regal

Depending on context, synonyms include noble, majestic, purple, royal, imperial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include royal, imperial, noble, majestic, purple, kingly.

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