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Antonyms for royal

Grammar : Adj
Spell : roi-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔɪ əl


Definition of royal

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "fit for a king;" late 14c., "pertaining to a king," from Old French roial "royal, regal; splendid, magnificent" (12c., Modern French royal), from Latin regalis "of a king, kingly, royal, regal," from rex (genitive regis) "king" (see rex). Meaning "thorough, total" attested from 1940s; that of "splendid, first-rate" from 1853.
  • Battle royal (1670s) preserves the French custom of putting the adjective after the noun (cf. attorney general); the sense of the adjective here is "on a grand scale" (cf. pair-royal "three of a kind in cards or dice," c.1600). The Royal Oak was a tree in Boscobel in Shropshire in which Charles II hid himself during flight after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Sprigs of oak were worn to commemorate his restoration in 1660.
  • adj monarchical, grand
Example sentences :
  • That graceful maiden is too lovely for any destiny meaner than a royal marriage.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The morning after his arrival, Artaphernes had a private audience with his royal master.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • “Not but what she would have royal example,” muttered Tibble aside.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • But the Holy Laws no longer needed the safe shelter of a royal shrine.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Three weeks later Parliament was dissolved by Royal commission.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • I said, that I should not be affected by the splendour of even a royal title.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The bill, substantially unaltered, received the Royal assent July 26, 1869.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family were present.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Even in antiquity the wiseacres took our royal buffoon too seriously.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • Yet we have all heard the lengths to which your royal generosity runs.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

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