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Definition of Quasi-royal
1. Adjective. Having the power but not the rank or title of a king. "One of the quasi-royal rulers of Africa"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quasi-royal
Literary usage of Quasi-royal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"THE quasi-royal POSITION OF EARL HAROLD. THE indications referred to in the text
are all slight when taken separately; still I cannot help thinking that ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"THE quasi-royal POSITION OP EARL HAROLD. THE indications referred to in the text
are all slight when taken separately ; still I cannot help thinking that ..."
3. The Cambrian (1890)
"His quasi-royal position, his quasi-royal immunities were entirely destroyed.
All Wales was made shire ground The division of the country into counties ..."
4. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead (1905)
"The earl was the most able general and statesman of the time, already exercising
a quasi-Royal authority through his own personal influence and the vast ..."
5. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead, Philip Arthur Ashworth (1905)
"The earl was the most able general and statesman of the time, already exercising
a quasi-Royal authority through his own personal influence and the vast ..."
6. The Dictionary of English History by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1910)
"... Lancaster and Richmond, were associated with a quasi-royal jurisdiction over
the district. In others the lords would be only too ready to ..."
7. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"The cardinal, in the meantime, received from his quasi-royal correspondent a note
to hasten his return for a negotiation. On reaching Paris, he was informed ..."
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