blood royal

American

noun

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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The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal.

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And while some would not have scrupled to strike the blood royal, more would have been quick to protect and avenge it.

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But he is of the blood royal, I can tell by the shape of his neck.

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No Indian prince is considered to be of blood royal, and they do not stand in the line at levées and Courts, but all have the private Entrée.

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Henceforward there are to be in Great Britain no Princes or Princesses other than those of the Blood Royal.

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