▪ I. ‖ regalia1
(rɪˈgeɪlɪə)
Also 7–8 regalia's.
[L., pl. of rēgāle regale n.1]
1. a. Rights appertaining to a king; royal powers or privileges.
| α a 1540 Barnes Wks. (1573) 201 All the worlde knoweth, that regalia belongeth to kinges, and to like power of kynges. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Regalia, the Rights of a King, which the Civilians say are six, viz. 1. Power of Judicature [etc.]. 1691 T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 65 The administration of the Banks of Rivers is a part of the Regalia. 1754 Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 180 There are certain rights naturally consequent on property, which are deemed to be reserved by the crown, as regalia, unless they be specially conveyed. 1797 W. Johnston tr. Beckmann's Invent. II. 323 [The floating of wood seems] to have been considered among regalia. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 840 There are also certain regalia connected with the right of land. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 672/1. |
| β 1644 Howell Twelve Treat. (1661) 253 There are six Jura Regalia, six Regal Rights... Among these Regalia's, we find that Arming..is among the chiefest. 1702 Reflect. Case W. Penn 6 Levying Men and Money, Calling Assemblies,..and all the other Regalia's of Government. |
† b. Eccl. Hist. (See regale n.1 i.) Obs. rare—1.
| 1688 Answ. Talon's Plea 4 With what Charity did this great Pope represent to his Christian Majesty the Injustice Committed..by extending the Regalia upon four Provinces that had ever been free? |
† c. (See quot. and cf. regality1 5 b.) Obs.—0
| 1727–38 Chambers Cycl., Regalia, of the church, are those rights and priviledges which cathedrals, etc. enjoy by grants, and other concessions of kings. |
2. The emblems or insignia of royalty; the crown, sceptre, and other distinctive ornaments of a king or queen which are used at coronations. Also erron. as sing.
| 1626 D'Ewes in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 216 Upon a table placed on the left hand of the Estate, were the regalia laied. 1661 Evelyn Diary 23 Apr., The Deane and Prebendaries brought all the regalia, and deliver'd them to severall Noblemen to beare before the King. 1700 J. A. Astry tr. Saavedra-Faxardo I. 173 Ezekiel commanded King Zedekiah to lay down his Crown and other Regalia. 1756 Nugent Gr. Tour, Germany II. 31 As soon as the day and place of the coronation is settled, the magistrates..send their deputies with the regalia or coronation ornaments committed to their care. 1818 J. W. Croker in C. Papers 9 Jan. (1884), I have gotten the warrant for searching for the old regalia of the Scottish Crown. 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. ix. ii. (1864) V. 215 If he had the majority of voices and the possession of the regalia, on the other hand must be taken into account the illegality of his coronation. 1953 Times 29 May 15/4 The regalia which will be used at the Coronation..is that which is normally used at the Coronations of our kings. |
| transf. 1742 Young Nt. Th. ix. 1686 The Mighty Potentate, to whom belong These rich Regalia pompously display'd. 1811 Ora & Juliet II. 110 A coach and six, a regalia of jewels,..sideboards of plate. a 1861 Mrs. Browning De Profundis xx, The sharp regalia are for Thee. |
3. The decorations or insignia of an order.
Noted as an improper use in Edmondson's Compl. Body of Heraldry (1780) II. Gloss.
| 1676 Lond. Gaz. No. 1143/1 The Regalia of the Mayoralty were delivered into the hands of the new Lord Mayor. 1788 Gentl. Mag. LVIII. i. 83/1 [He] was escorted to the grave by upwards of 200 Free-masons, dressed in all their regalia. 1880 Daily Tel. 27 Sept., A large number of Orangemen, dressed in regalia,..were present. |
▪ II. regalia2
(rɪˈgeɪlɪə)
[a. Sp. regal{iacu}a royal privilege (see regaly).]
A Cuban or other large cigar of superior quality.
| 1819 H. Busk Dessert 379 Amber ginseng, and purified eringoes, Regalia's, and imperial's, and maringoe's. 1841 S. Ward in Life Longfellow (1891) I. 386, I rejoice that Allston should have enjoyed the ‘regalias’. 1851 Mayne Reid Scalp-Hunt. ii. 19 We commenced smoking regalias and drinking madeira. 1874 M. Collins Transmigr. III. vii. 117 My chief conversation that evening had been puff after puff of the regalia. |
▪ III. regalia
obs. variant of regalio regalo.