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Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton.

To enertaas, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.

The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.

One who regales.

Sumptuous food; delicacies. [Obs.] Cotton. Regalia of a church, the privileges granted to it by kings; sometimes, its patrimony. Brande & C.

Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. Hallam.

The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy. [R.] Cardinal Manning.

Royalty; ssovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction. [Passion] robs reason of her due regalitie. Spenser. He came partly in by the sword, and had high courage in all points of regality. Bacon.

In a regal or royal manner.

Pertaining to, or like, a flock. For this gregal conformity there is an excuse. W. S. Mayo.

See Bonito, 3.

Medregal.

A lava field. [Mexico & Western U.S.]

Fully equal. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Peregal to the best." Spenser.

More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king. Waterland.

Unequal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. Macaulay.

To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.

The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.

common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).