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Consider the quasi-royal encore wedding of Anne Andrews, 45, and John Carleton Thornton III, 50, both of whom were married once before.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the doubtful period of Danish and English struggles, the archbishop apparently exercised quasi-royal authority over the English burghers themselves.

From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant

One of the permanent lessons of the Portuguese explorations was the need for and effectiveness of royal or quasi-royal patronage.

From American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 by Cheyney, Edward Potts

He early found a quasi-royal friend and patroness in Caterina Cornaro, ex-Queen of Cyprus, whose portrait he painted, and whose recommendation, as I believe, secured for him important commissions in the like field.

From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert

Three times it marks the entrance or exit of a Parliament, three times is used in a Royal or quasi-royal procession, and the remaining cases are royal, or near it.

From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)