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Regalia   /rɪgˈeɪljə/   Listen
noun
Regalia  n.  A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.


Regalia  n. pl.  
1.
That which belongs to royalty. Specifically:
(a)
The rights and prerogatives of a king.
(b)
Royal estates and revenues.
(c)
Ensigns, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
2.
Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.
3.
Sumptuous food; delicacies. (Obs.)
Regalia of a church, the privileges granted to it by kings; sometimes, its patrimony.





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"Regalia" Quotes from Famous Books



... crown-room are to be seen the regalia of Scotland, consisting of the crown, scepter, sword of state, a silver rod of office, and other jewels, all enclosed in a glass case surrounded by iron work. St. Margaret's Chapel, seventeen feet long and eleven feet wide, stands within the castle enclosure and is the oldest building in ...
— A Trip Abroad • Don Carlos Janes
... stood out in the distance on an imposing rock. As we did not arrive during visiting hours we missed many objects of interest, including the Scottish crown and regalia, which are stored therein. On the ramparts of the castle we saw an ancient gun named "Mons Meg," whose history was both long and interesting. It had been made by hand with long bars of hammered ...
— From John O'Groats to Land's End • Robert Naylor and John Naylor
... and his courage rose. His private opinion was that Snorky looked like a French butcher going to a morning wedding in hired regalia. ...
— Skippy Bedelle - His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete - Man of the World • Owen Johnson
... Russia, and to the Christian Church for which this "hardhearted, cruel Czar" had so much respect and so much interest. It was said that in common with all Americans I expected to find the Emperor attired in some bomb-proof regalia. Perhaps I was impressed with the Czar's indifference and fearlessness. Someone said to me that no doubt he was quite used to the thought of assassination. I discovered, in a long conversation that I had with him, that he was ready to die, and when a man is ready ...
— T. De Witt Talmage - As I Knew Him • T. De Witt Talmage
... any attention to this little gnome of a boy, and he was a pathetic sight sitting there with his intense gaze, having just a touch of wildness in it, fixed upon the lake. Doubtless if his scout regalia had fitted him properly he would not have seemed so pathetic, for it is not uncommon for a scout to want to be alone ...
— Tom Slade on Mystery Trail • Percy Keese Fitzhugh


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