Regal \Re"gal\, n. [F. r['e]gale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.]
(Mus.)
A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows
being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Regal \Re"gal\ (r?"gal), a. [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king.
See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.]
Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal
authority, pomp, or sway. ``The regal title.'' --Shak.
He made a scorn of his regal oath. --Milton.
Syn: Kingly; royal. See Kingly.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |