Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
royal . - noun A gold coin formerly current in England, first coined by Edward IV., and worth at the time 10 shillings (about $2.40).
- noun Same as
pavilion , 11.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
rial , an old English coin. - adjective obsolete Royal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
rial .
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Examples
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What makes it unique is one particular coin, a one-ryal piece that is worth one 9,000th of a dollar.
Eric Lurio: Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue -- Part Six 2009
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The lady at the counter said, "Two hundred," so, I took on of the few two thousand ryal notes I had left out of my pocket, and gave it to her.
Eric Lurio: Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue -- Part Six 2009
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Since the nego was a unit of English currency worth about three to the farthing, we can determine that the seller is asking for roughly two groat, one quarter ryal, and ha'penny, which in modern-day US$ is approximately sixteen cents.
Passing Judgment: Platitudes, Pictures, and Patches BikeSnobNYC 2008
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How, indeed, can these common magaseen and newspaper pipple know anythink of fashnabble life, let alone ryal?
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And rulere of alle remys [11], I ryde in ryal aray;
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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They stayed within the town for fifteen days, sacking it utterly, to the last ryal.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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When they had extracted the last ryal from the sufferers they shipped themselves aboard some Spanish vessels lying in the port.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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G.N. MR. FRASER'S supposed medal is a ryal (or possibly a ¾ ryal) of Mary and
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Instantly a dozen knowing eyes were fixed on it, and a buzz of voices was heard; and soon Gerard saw the prior point more than once, and the monk came back, looking as proud as Punch, with a savoury crustade ryal, or game pie gravied and spiced, for Gerard, and a silver grace cup full of rich pimentum.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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How, indeed, can these common magaseen and newspaper pipple know anythink of fashnabble life, let alone ryal?
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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