regnal

American

[reg-nl] / ˈrɛg nl /

adjective

of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign.

the second regnal year of Louis XIV.

regnal British

/ ˈrɛɡnəl /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of regnal

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

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Regnal, reg′nal, adj. pertaining to the reign of a monarch.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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