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n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a coin, Rial. ] 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. [ 1913 Webster ]

How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. [ 1913 Webster ]

Battle royal. See under Battle. --
Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.) --
Royal eagle. (Zool.) See Golden eagle, under Golden. --
Royal fern (Bot.), the handsome fern Osmunda regalis. See Osmund. --
Royal mast (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast. --
Royal metal, an old name for gold. --
Royal palm (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree (Oreodoxa regia), lately discovered also in Florida. --
Royal pheasant. See Curassow. --
Royal purple, an intense violet color, verging toward blue. --
Royal tern (Zool.), a large, crested American tern (Sterna maxima). --
Royal tiger. (Zool.) See Tiger. --
Royal touch, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king's evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gun.) A small mortar. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mil.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An old English coin. See Rial. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A petty or powerless king. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

there were at this time two other royalets, as only kings by his leave. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. royalisme. ] the principles or conduct of royalists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. royaliste. ] An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where Ca'ndish fought, the Royalists prevailed. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making loyal to a king. [ R. ] Saintsbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to make royal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. [ 1913 Webster ]

His body shall be royally interred. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Auction Bridge) A spade when spades are trumps under the condition that every trick over six taken by the successful bidder has a score value of 9; -- usually in pl. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Royalties [ OF. roialté, royaulté, F. royauté. See Royal, and cf. Regality. ] 1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

For thus his royalty doth speak. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore do I assume
These royalties, and not refuse to reign? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his royalty of nature
Reigns that which would be fear'd. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Domain; province; sphere. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings. [ Written also spur-rial, and spur-ryal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. sur- + royal. ] (Zool.) One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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