reginal
reginal adjective: of, relating to, or resembling a queen.
Adjective
reginal (comparative more reginal, superlative most reginal)
- Of, relating to, or resembling a queen.
- The Regal, or perhaps the hypercritical will have it the Reginal Kennel I am acquainted with in by-gone days, even before Bagshot Heath and its environs were enclosed; I can therefore well conceive, that, from its being originally anything but what it ought, it should be pregnant of kennel...1838 October 7, “Quartogenarian”, “Suggestions on Kennel Lameness”, in The Sporting Magazine, or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of The Turf, The Chase, and Every Other Diversion Interesting to...
- Fidei Defensor they could not, would not, or cared not to understand; but Tabaci Tutelaris Regina—patroness of the great chew-quid, smoke-puff, dust-sniff interest—they could. Hence ‘To the Queen;’ and hence the expected rush to this Nicotine Balmoral. Hence the vision of the fair daughters of...1852 October 1, “Queen Victoria’s Tobacco Pipe”, in The Scottish Temperance Review, the Organ of the Scottish Temperance League, Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League, […]. London: Houlston & Stoneman...
Examples of reginal in a sentence
- Hence the vision of the fair daughters of Albion, North and South, armed with this reginal exotic, pursuing their household and artistic labours amid puffs, and sniffs, and parotid exudations.1852 October 1, “Queen Victoria’s Tobacco Pipe”, in The Scottish Temperance Review, the Organ of the Scottish Temperance League, Glasgow...
- It is hardly even a gift at all; for in so far as it is possible, her Majesty divests herself of her reginal state.1862 August 2, “The Duchess of Lancaster”, in Public Opinion, volume II, number 45, page 513, column 2:
- The ruff was regal, or reginal, and the cord monkish, so a Blue hovers ’twixt palace and monastery (one picture pourtrays the dresses of the various Orders of Friars)1895, “Trollope’s History of Christ’s Hospital”, in Some More Gleanings: A Selection of Pieces in Prose & Verse from the Pages of “The...
- A page standing at the entrance walked toward me and made low obeisance, saying: “Most noble and reginal receptacle of our wisdom, accompany me that I may introduce you to our Sophologos.”1916, The Flaming Sword, page 257, column 2:
Synonyms of reginal
Forms of reginal
| comparative | more reginal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most reginal |
Origin of reginal
From Medieval Latin rēgīnālis, from rēgīna + -ālis.
Words formed from reginal
Questions about reginal
- What does reginal mean?
- Reginal means of, relating to, or resembling a queen.
- How do you use reginal in a sentence?
- Hence the vision of the fair daughters of Albion, North and South, armed with this reginal exotic, pursuing their household and artistic labours amid puffs, and sniffs, and parotid exudations.
- What part of speech is reginal?
- Reginal is an adjective.
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