regnal

[ reg-nl ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign: the second regnal year of Louis XIV.

Origin of regnal

1
1605–15; <Medieval Latin rēgnālis, equivalent to Latin rēgn(um) rule, kingdom + -ālis-al1; see reign

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regnal

/ (ˈrɛɡnəl) /


adjective
  1. of a sovereign, reign, or kingdom

  2. designating a year of a sovereign's reign calculated from the date of his or her accession

Origin of regnal

1
C17: from Medieval Latin rēgnālis, from Latin rēgnum sovereignty; see reign

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