Regnal Definition

rĕgnəl
adjective
Of a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign.
Webster's New World
Being a specified year of a monarch's reign calculated from the date of accession.
In her 12th regnal year.
American Heritage

Origin of Regnal

  • Medieval Latin rēgnālis royal from Latin rēgnum reign reign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Regnal Sentence Examples

  • In process of time, however, the custom of dating by the regnal year of the king became general.

  • It is significant in this connexion that it was under Adrian (c. 774) that the papal chancery ceased to date by the regnal years of the Eastern emperor and substituted that of the pontificate.

  • From the Middle Kingdom onward to the Roman period, the dates upon Egyptian documents are given in regnal years.

  • The question arises from what point these regnal dates were calculated.

  • Historical.As to absolute chronology, the assigning of a regnal year to a definite date B.C. is clear enough (except in occasional detail) from the conquest by Alexander onwards.

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Words Starting With

RREREG

Words Ending With

LALNAL

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regnal

Words Starting With R and Ending With L

Starts With R & Ends With LStarts With RE & Ends With LStarts With R & Ends With AL

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With L