Definition of Regalia

1. Noun. Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office).

Specialized synonyms: Crown Jewels
Generic synonyms: Appurtenance, Gear, Paraphernalia

2. Noun. Especially fine or decorative clothing.
Exact synonyms: Array, Raiment
Generic synonyms: Article Of Clothing, Clothing, Habiliment, Vesture, Wear, Wearable
Specialized synonyms: War Paint
Derivative terms: Raiment

Definition of Regalia

1. n. pl. That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.

2. n. A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.

Definition of Regalia

1. Noun. royal rights, prerogatives and privileges - actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etcetera) ¹

2. Noun. the emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre, sword of justice ¹

3. Noun. decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry ¹

4. Noun. finery or magnificent dress ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regalia

1. the rights and privileges of a king [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regalia

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regalia (current term)
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Literary usage of Regalia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"It is clear that the regalia extended even to the smaller churches, ... The custom had been in vogue long before it received the name of regalia in the ..."

2. Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott, David Douglas (1894)
"But notwithstanding the formality of a public instrument, describing the regalia and announcing the manner of their being deposited in the chest aforesaid, ..."

3. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"The regalia were originally kept in a small building at the south side of the White Tower, but in the reign of Charles I. they were transferred to a strong ..."

4. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... with a dedication to Sir Humphrey Edwin, a Lord Mayor, who having carried the regalia to a conventicle, gave rife to fome wit in The Tale of a Tub, ..."

5. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1842)
"THE interest occasioned by the removal of the regalia from the Jewel House to a place of greater safety, during the late fire at the Tower, will, I trust, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The regalia of England were in very early times deposited for security in some ... From his time down to the present the regalia (with the exception of tho ..."

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