reginal

Of, relating to, or resembling a queen.

Adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a queen.
    • The Regal, or perhaps the hypercritical will have it the Reginal Kennel I am acquainted with in by-gone days, even before Bagshot Heath and its environs were enclosed; I can therefore well conceive, that, from its being...
    • Fidei Defensor they could not, would not, or cared not to understand; but Tabaci Tutelaris Regina—patroness of the great chew-quid, smoke-puff, dust-sniff interest—they could. Hence ‘To the Queen;’ and hence the...
    • It is hardly even a gift at all; for in so far as it is possible, her Majesty divests herself of her reginal state. - 1862 August 2, “The Duchess of Lancaster”, in Public Opinion, volume II, number 45, page 513, column...

Origin

From Medieval Latin rēgīnālis, from rēgīna + -ālis.

Forms

more reginal most reginal

Synonyms

queenlike queenly

Related

Regina

Derived

reginally