regalias

Noun

regalia pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only) Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
2. (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...
3. (plural, plural-only) Decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry.
4. (plural, plural-only) Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes.
5. (broadly, plural, plural-only) Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume.
   • to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up)
6. (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

   Synonyms:

   delicacies

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