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Meaning
Adj
●
In Monarchy:
Of or
relating
to royalty.
●
Befitting a
king
,
queen
,
emperor
, or empress.
●
Befitting a
king
, or emperor.
Noun
●
In Musical instruments:
A small,
portable
organ
whose
sound
is
produced
by
beating
reeds
without
amplifying
resonators
. Its
tone
is
keen
and
rich
in
harmonics
. The
regal
was common in
th
e 16th and 17th
centuries
, and has been
revived
for
th
e performance of
music
from
th
ose times.
●
In Music:
An
organ stop
of
th
e
reed
family,
furnished
with a
normal
beating
reed
, but whose
resonator
is a
fraction
of its natural
length
. In
th
e 16th and 17th
centuries
th
ese
stops
took
a
multitude
of
forms
. Today only one
survives
th
at is of
universal
currency
,
th
e
so-called
vox
humana.
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Origin
regal
English
regal
Middle English (1100-1500)
regal
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
regalis
Latin
-alis
Latin
rex
Latin
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