Definitions
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- proper noun A
surname . - proper noun A male
given name from the surname, or from the word "royal". - noun soccer someone connected with Reading Football Club, as a
fan ,player ,coach etc. - noun A person in a royal family, as the Prince of Wales.
- adjective Used in terms of address or reference to members of a royal family.
- adjective UK, by extension Used in the names of organisations within the British government, as, the Royal Navy, Royal Mail.
Etymologies
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Examples
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With regards to the Knighting of people, that is done by the sovereign, but the prime minister long ago usurped all useful and important royal prerogatives, and what actually happens is that Royal input is minimal.
Yet another version of the origins of ID - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Today, the Palace is a working royal residence, housing offices and apartments of several members of the Royal family.
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With regards to the Knighting of people, that is done by the sovereign, but the prime minister long ago usurped all useful and important royal prerogatives, and what actually happens is that Royal input is minimal.
Yet another version of the origins of ID - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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In later life he was the royal Danish envoy to the Vatican, professor of philology and archaeology at the University of Copenhagen, and director of the Royal (Danish) Collection of Coins and Medals.
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Seven royal family members were severely assaulted and Royal
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Among the many charitable institutions are the general hospital, opened in 1858, and since repeatedly enlarged; royal hospital for sick children and women, Royal
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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On an earlier occasion witnessed by the writer a procession consisting of a detachment of the yeomen of the guard, under the command of a sergeant-major (one of the yeomen carrying the royal alms on a gold salver of the reign of William and Mary), several chaplains, almoners, secretaries and a few national schoolchildren (allowed to take part in the ceremony as a signal reward for good behavior), left the Royal
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Various
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This university acquired considerable celebrity, but practically disappeared during the colony's decline, being revived by royal decree of May 26, 1747, which gave it the title of Royal and
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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"Each has received a royal invitation, O Lal, and the Royal personages will all be pleased to attend."
The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Raymond Paton
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Whether on account of this unlucky reference by which the Cardinal may have detected Templar influence or for some other reason, the appeal for royal protection was not only refused, but the new Order, which hitherto Catholics had been allowed to enter, was now prohibited by Royal edict.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918
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