regalia

English

Etymology

From Middle English regalie, from Medieval Latin rēgālia (“royal powers”), substantivisation of the neuter plural of rēgālis (“of a king”), from rēx (“king”). Doublet of regal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈɡeɪl.i.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Noun

regalia pl (plural only)

1. Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
2. The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.
   • 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, page 7031 at 7056:

     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 about the steps of the Throne.

3. Decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership of an order or society; such as freemasonry.
4. Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes.
5. (by extension) Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy costume.

   to be dressed in full regalia (dressed up)

6. (by extension, obsolete) Sumptuous food.

   Synonym: delicacies

   • c. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne

     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 Friends

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

regalia (plural regalias)

1. (archaic) A kind of large cigar of superior quality.
   • 1840, Isaac Butt, Irish Life, page 294:

     I have taken care that there's both brandy and whiskey nicely stowed away in the barrack-room, with plenty of prime regalia cigars […]

   • 1850, United States. Congress, Congressional Edition: Volume 552, page 868:

     The quantity of regalias imported into northern ports is comparatively small.

Related terms

• regal
• royalty

See also

• Crown Jewels

Anagrams

• Algeria, lairage

French

Alternative forms

• régalia

Etymology

Probably from English regalia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡa.lja/

Noun

regalia f (uncountable)

1. regalia

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin rēgālia, “gratuity” sense influenced by regalare.

Noun

regalia f (plural regalie)

1. tip, gratuity

   Synonym: mancia

2. regalia
3. handout

Related terms

• regalare
• regalo (“present”)

Anagrams

• Algeria, aligera, regalai

Latin

Adjective

rēgālia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of rēgālis

Noun

rēgālia n pl (genitive rēgālium); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) regalia (royal rights and powers)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

References

• regalia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “regalis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 899

Anagrams

• aligera

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

regalia n pl (plural only)

1. regalia

References

• “regalia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

regalia

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēgālia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈɡa.lja/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧lia

Noun

regalia nvir pl

1. (historical) regalia (royal rights, prerogatives, and privileges)
2. regalia (emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia)

Declension

Further reading

• regalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN