regalia

/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/

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regalia noun: royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).

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Noun (1)

regalia pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
(plural, plural-only) The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.
- THE INTHRONIZATION. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood...1937 November 10, “Ceremonial of the Coronation of Their Majesties [King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, Westminster Abbey, London, 12 May 1937]”, in The London Gazette (Supplement), number 34453...
(plural, plural-only) Decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry.
(plural, plural-only) Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes.
(broadly, plural, plural-only) Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume.
- to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up)
- […] the throngs included tribes of American Indians celebrating […] like victorious conventioneers in their burnished regalia at a hotel party Monday night.2009 January 21, Francis X. Clines, “In Washington on Inauguration Day”, in The New York Times
(broadly, obsolete, plural, plural-only) Sumptuous food.
- After having a long time treated their Prisoners very well, and given them all the Regalia's they can think of, he to whom the Prisoner belongs, invites a great Assembly of his Kindred and Friendsc. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne
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delicacies

Noun (2)

regalia (plural regalias)

(archaic) A kind of large cigar of superior quality.
- I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars[…]1840, Isaac Butt, Irish Life, page 294
- The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small.1850, United States. Congress, Congressional Edition: Volume 552, page 868

regalia meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

regalia in Urdu

شاہی تمغہ, تخت و تاج

regalia in Bengali

রাজকীয় পোশাক, চিহ্ন

regalia in Malayalam

രാജകീയ വേഷം

Examples of regalia in a sentence

Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
White Americans engaged in cultural appropriation when they performed dances involving blackface and mock Native American regalia.
He attended his brother’s coronation wearing full Order of the Garter robes and regalia.

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Synonyms of regalia

delicacies

Forms of regalia

plural	regalias

Origin of regalia

From Middle English regalie, from Medieval Latin rēgālia (“royal powers”), substantivisation of the neuter plural of rēgālis (“of a king”), from rēx (“king”). By surface analysis, regal + -ia.

Words formed from regalia

Words that rhyme with regalia

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Questions about regalia

What does regalia mean?: Regalia means royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
What is regalia in Urdu?: Regalia in Urdu is شاہی تمغہ, تخت و تاج. See Regalia meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is regalia?: Regalia is a noun.
How do you pronounce regalia?: Regalia is pronounced /ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of regalia?: The plural of regalia is regalias.

Words near regalia in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: regalia (page history and authors); regalia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regalia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regalia (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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