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regnal year

regnal year noun: a year in the reign of a monarch, beginning on the day of accession, the set of which are numbered ordinally. Formerly laws in the United Kingdom were identified in part by the regnal year of the monarch, and this practice is still followed in some Commonwealth countries.

Noun

regnal year (plural regnal years)

  1. A year in the reign of a monarch, beginning on the day of accession, the set of which are numbered ordinally. Formerly laws in the United Kingdom were identified in part by the regnal year of the monarch, and this practice is still followed in some Commonwealth countries.

Forms of regnal year

pluralregnal years

Questions about regnal year

What does regnal year mean?
Regnal year means a year in the reign of a monarch, beginning on the day of accession, the set of which are numbered ordinally. Formerly laws in the United Kingdom were identified in part by the regnal year of the monarch, and this practice is still followed in some Commonwealth countries.
What part of speech is regnal year?
Regnal year is a noun.
What is the plural of regnal year?
The plural of regnal year is regnal years.

Words near regnal year in the dictionary

  1. regnal
  2. regnal name
  3. regnal names
  4. regnal number
  5. regnal numbers
  6. regnal year
  7. regnal years
  8. regnally
  9. regnancies
  10. regnancy
  11. regnant

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