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regall

regall is the obsolete form of regal.

Meaning of regal

Adjective

regal (comparative more regal, superlative most regal)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
    • regal authority
  2. Befitting a monarch.
    • The [Washington] Posts proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
    1. (strictly) Befitting a king or emperor.
      • The children to whom I acted as cicerone almost screamed with glee as they saw the four-and-twenty blackbirds emerging from the pie-crust in front of the astonished King; and when the climax of the inconsequential story was reached, by way of the regal counting house and the “reginal” parlour, and...c. 1898, Truth, column 2

See all 5 meanings of regal

Forms of regall

Adjective
comparativemore regall
superlativemost regall
Noun
pluralregalls

Questions about regall

What is regall the obsolete form of?
Regall is the obsolete form of regal.

Words near regall in the dictionary

  1. regalisms
  2. regalist
  3. regalists
  4. regalities
  5. regality
  6. regall
  7. regalls
  8. regally
  9. regalness
  10. regalo
  11. regals

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