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blood royal

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noun

  1. all persons related by birth to a hereditary monarch, taken collectively; the royal kin.

    a prince of the blood royal.


Etymology

Origin of blood royal

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

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Princes of the blood royal are not supposed to be treated that way.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2011

The blood royal is no exception to the rule that blood flowing through the arteries exerts considerable pressure and needs strong-walled vessels to keep it in place.

From Time Magazine Archive

Swiftly he pierced between two ribs, pierced further, and introduced a drainage tube into a festering pus pocket, in the lower section of the right lung, which had been exuding poison into the blood royal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides // Duce only 20 other persons comprise the Order, including 18 of the blood royal and Pietro Cardinal Gasparri.

From Time Magazine Archive

“If this were a monarchy, and one or both of them were of the blood royal, there would be an excuse for reports and speculation with regard to their relations to each other.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock