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royal

TRANSLITERATION royalPRONUNCIATION /ˈrɔɪəl/

of a monarch, crown, or kingdom

DATE: 14th century–today
SENSE: monarch crown adjective
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:royal:attested:sense:monarch-crown-adjective

Magnificence is a later extension of the monarch field.

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Middle English · Middle English · monarch adjective

roial

royal; of a monarch

SOUND: Modern royal continues Middle English roial through English spelling and sound history.
MEANING: Of a monarch or crown expands to magnificent and superior.
CHRONOLOGY: Merriam-Webster reports adjective use in the fourteenth century.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Royal — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsDefinitions, Word History, and First Known Use

Supplies Middle English roial, monarch senses, and fourteenth-century horizon.

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Royal — American Heritage DictionarycontextHeadword definitions and etymology

Independently supplies the monarch-centered ancestry.

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14th century

Merriam-Webster first-known-use report for royal

Century-level source report; no underlying fourteenth-century object was directly inspected.

royal dossier · recorded as royal

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