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regius
[ ree-jee-uhs, -juhs ]
adjective
- of or belonging to a king.
- (of a professor in a British university) holding a chair founded by or dependent on the sovereign.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of regius1
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Example Sentences
His daughter was the mother of Sbastien Cramoisy, typographus regius, who inherited the establishment of his grandfather.
A combination known as the Regius Company took over Paige's interest, but accomplished nothing.
In 1884 he was appointed regius professor of modern history at Oxford.
The Regius Professor invariably maintained that accuracy, not 'pedantry', was his true offence.
That those who purchase estates shall obtain the consensus regius (royal consent).
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