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noun
noun
- an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- (historical) a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
- (historical) a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
- (historical) a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
adj
noun
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- The period during which a monarch rules.
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
adj
noun
- (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
- (music) An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
noun
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- Ellipsis of sovereign citizen.
- (UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
adj
verb
noun
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- a domain in which something is dominant
- a country with a king as head of state
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
noun
- (law) The Crown, the government of a monarchy.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.
- Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).
- (baseball, cricket) Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
- (US politics) Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
- (chess) Abbreviation of rook.
- (geometry) Symbol for radius.
- (especially in university catalogs) Abbreviation of Thursday.
- (monarchy) Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.
- (handbells) Abbreviation of ring.
- the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
- (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
adj
character
name
num
pron
noun
- adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government
- Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.
noun
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
noun
name
- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
verb
- put a monarch on the throne
- provide with power and authority
- (transitive) to exalt, to praise
- (transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.
- (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.
verb
noun
- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
adj
- being of the rank of a monarch
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
noun
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
noun
name
noun
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- The spouse of a monarch.
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
verb
adj
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a king.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.
noun
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
adj
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
verb
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
noun
- The crown of a monarch.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
verb
noun
- the governing group of a kingdom
- a large and stately mansion
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
noun
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of remote control.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
adj
name
verb
noun
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
adj
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.
noun
noun
- an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- (historical) a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
- (historical) a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
- (historical) a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
adj
noun
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- The period during which a monarch rules.
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
noun
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- Ellipsis of sovereign citizen.
- (UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.
- a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
adj
verb
noun
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- a domain in which something is dominant
- a country with a king as head of state
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
noun
- (law) The Crown, the government of a monarchy.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.
- Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).
- (baseball, cricket) Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
- (US politics) Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
- (chess) Abbreviation of rook.
- (geometry) Symbol for radius.
- (especially in university catalogs) Abbreviation of Thursday.
- (monarchy) Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.
- (handbells) Abbreviation of ring.
- the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
- (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
adj
character
name
num
pron
noun
- adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government
- Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.
noun
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
noun
name
- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
noun
name
noun
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- The spouse of a monarch.
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
verb
adj
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a king.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.
noun
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
adj
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
verb
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
noun
- The crown of a monarch.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
verb
noun
- the governing group of a kingdom
- a large and stately mansion
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
noun
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of remote control.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
adj
name
verb
noun
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
adj
noun
- Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
- (UK, historical) A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen.
- (UK, Canada, New Zealand, occasionally Australia) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.
verb
- put a monarch on the throne
- provide with power and authority
- (transitive) to exalt, to praise
- (transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.
- (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.
verb
noun
- the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
- the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
- (euphemistic) A toilet.
- The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
noun
- an advocate of the principles of monarchy
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
- (historical) a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
- (historical) a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
- (historical) a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
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- (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
- (music) An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
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- being of the rank of a monarch
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
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- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.