royalty

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 ]