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regnal
[ reg-nl ]
adjective
- of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
the second regnal year of Louis XIV.
regnal
/ 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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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of regnal1
C17: from Medieval Latin rēgnālis , from Latin rēgnum sovereignty; see reign
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Example Sentences
In process of time, however, the custom of dating by the regnal year of the king became general.
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Inconsistent use of periods after Regnal numbers not changed.
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The regnal year was usually cited; but the year of the Incarnation was also sometimes given.
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The reverse shows the regnal year, which ranges from eleven to forty-three, together with a mint-mark.
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The regnal year is uniformly "one;" the mint-marks are Zadracarta, Iran, and Nihach, an unknown locality.
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