(a) Of a king, one of the royal family, his power, dignity, etc.: majestic, royal, kingly; ~ blod, blod ~ [see also blod n. 6a.(a)]; ~ estat, estat ~ [see also estat n. 11d.]; ~ romaunce, ?a romance with royal protagonists; his ~ mageste, the king; youre ~ excellence (mageste), you, the king; (b) controlled, owned, used, patronized, etc. by the king; also, constituting part of the trappings of royalty; also, indicative of a curule magistrate [quot.: Trev.Higd., 2nd]; ~ abbeie, an abbey founded by a king; ~ cite, cite ~, a capital city; also, a city owned by the king; ~ court, court ~, a king's court; also, a court attended by the frankpledges; ~ messe, ?a mass with the king present; ~ sege (sete), a throne; ~ servise, a manorial service due to the king; (c) high-born, noble; of social importance; ~ and riche, riche and ~; (d) princely in nature or behavior, magnanimous, imperious; honorable, glorious; also, joyous; (e) of certain beasts and birds: imagined to have kingly characteristics; also fig. of the duke of Bedford.

(a) Fit for a king, expensive, valuable, magnificent, opulent, sumptuous, lavish; (b) of a city, castle, building, armor: well constructed, fine, splendid, striking; (c) beautiful, fair; radiant; also, pleasant; of a book: excellent; (d) of a faculty, virtue, medicine, the Eucharist: powerful, dominant, controlling, sovereign; of an argument, a method: effective, flawless; (e) of a country: prosperous, fortunate; of income: plentiful.

(a) In names of foods; (b) in names of plants and herbs: puliol ~ [see also puliol n. (b)]; sauge ~, sage royal, small sage (Salvia officinalis minor).

In misc. special senses: (a) balade ~ [cp. EMnE rhythm royal], a poem in decasyllabics with 7 or 8 line stanzas, of which the last line forms the refrain [see 1st quot.; also cp. Lydg.Friend AN & Lydg.Semblable]; (b) in a book title: ~ disposicioun, the Royal Book (Kitāb al-Makilī), a medical treatise of Hali ibn Abbas, written for the prince Adud al-Dawla; (c) ~ wei, a highway; (d) of paper: in sheets measuring 24 inches by 9; (e) sank ~ [see sank-real n. & seint-gral n.]

In place names [see Smith PNElem.2.87].