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.

 

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Re"gal, n. [F. r'egale, 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.

 

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