regious
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin regius (“royal”), from rex, regis (“king”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
regious (comparative more regious, superlative most regious)
- (obsolete) regal; royal
- 1656, James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana:
- I would fain ask the Regious Defenders , by what Law they can maintain Governments to be inherent in one , and to be tranſmitted to his Ofspring
References[edit]
“regious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.