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regalia

 [ri-gey-lee-uh, -geyl-yuh]   Example Sentences Origin

re·ga·li·a

   [ri-gey-lee-uh, -geyl-yuh]
plural noun
1.
the ensigns or emblems of royalty, as the crown or scepter.
2.
the decorations, insignia, or ceremonial clothes of any office or order.
3.
rich, fancy, or dressy clothing; finery: guests wearing formal party regalia.
4.
royal rights or privileges.
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Origin:
1530–40; < Medieval Latin rēgālia things pertaining to a king, noun use of neuter plural of Latin rēgālis regal1

Can be confused: regal, regale, regalia.
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  • For example, they were able to surmise that a person in full regalia was a nobleman and that a naked person was a war captive.
  • The student covered from head to toe with tatoos, piercings, and biker regalia is no less a student because of.
  • Once again the pro-Zhongnanhai nationalists march out in full regalia.
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regalia (rɪˈɡeɪlɪə)
 
—pl n
1.  the ceremonial emblems or robes of royalty, high office, an order, etc
2.  any splendid or special clothes; finery
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin: royal privileges, from Latin rēgālisregal1]

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regalia
1540, "rights and powers of a king," from L. regalia "royal things," from neut. pl. of regalis (see regal). Meaning "decorations or insignia of an order" first recorded 1676.
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