royal

adj 1: of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by

a king or queen or other monarch; "the royal party";

"the royal crest"; "by royal decree"; "a royal visit"

2: established or chartered or authorized by royalty; "the

Royal Society"

3: being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry";

"princes of the blood royal"

4: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of

imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire";

"treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a

stag's head" [syn: {imperial}, {majestic}, {purple}, {regal}]

5: invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; "the

royal (or crowned) heads of Europe"

n 1: a sail set next above the topgallant, on a royal mast

2: stag with antlers of 12 or more branches [syn: {royal stag}]