Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being a specified year of a monarch's reign calculated from the date of accession.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the reign of a monarch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
reign of amonarch (orpope ) - adjective Describing the
year of a monarch's reign starting from the date ofaccession
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the 1960s Parliament typically would pass sixty or seventy Acts of Parliament in every regnal year.
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The Date Clause of Article VII mentions the date the Constitution was signed, and also gives the year as counted from “the Independence of the United States of America” (perhaps an echo of the British legal practice of using regnal years?).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution 2010
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May 14, 2010, 6: 37 pm reader says: counted from “the Independence of the United States of America” (perhaps an echo of the British legal practice of using regnal years?)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution 2010
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In the 1960s Parliament typically would pass sixty or seventy Acts of Parliament in every regnal year.
Archive 2009-06-14 2009
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I have followed scholarly convention and used a modern dating system starting the year on January 1, rather than using the regnal year, which contemporaries employed in official documents.
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The Date Clause of Article VII mentions the date the Constitution was signed, and also gives the year as counted from “the Independence of the United States of America” perhaps an echo of the British legal practice of using regnal years?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Error in Many Versions of the United States Constitution 2010
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A system of reckoning time by regnal years requires keeping records of kings and their reign lengths.
Archive 2009-11-01 Carla 2009
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A system of reckoning time by regnal years requires keeping records of kings and their reign lengths.
Aelle of Deira Carla 2009
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Lori Coulson @64: Maryland was not named for any of the British Queens whose regnal name was "Mary."
Making Light: The Colorful Holiday Customs Of Our European Friends 2009
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The regnal formula of Asa, king of Judah from 908 to 867 b.c.e., claims that his mother is Maacah the daughter of Abishalom (1 Kgs 15: 10).
Maacah: Bible. 2009
super-logos commented on the word regnal
This is a truly regal word.
August 8, 2008
qms commented on the word regnal
A cat's not a creature you own.
Her love’s a conditional loan.
In year twelve (that's regnal)
I still am integral:
I’m needed to tend to the throne.
December 31, 2014